Knut wrote:
> If I were to add stylistic alternates to time signature numbers for
> use in fractions, I gather it would be correct to scale them
> similarly to the main TS glyphs (2 spaces high)? I’m asking because
> these characters are supposed to be displayed at half the size of
> normal TS numbers, and to scale them at 200% would essentially
> deviate from the overall principle in SMuFL to scale all characters
> relative to the staff size.
As I understand it, the way arbitrary fractions are typically handled in
OpenType fonts (beyond the basic vulgar fractions of 1/4, 1/2, 1/3, etc.)
is to include two sets of numerals appropriately scaled and positioned
relative to each other, one for the numerators, and the other for the
denominators. These are then combined using the fraction layout feature.
I would suggest that this is the approach you take. In addition to
creating the full fraction layout feature, you could also consider
creating ligatures for common fractions, so that applications that have
ligature support but not support for the fraction layout feature can
access some common combinations more directly.
Daniel
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