[smufl-discuss] Re: Fractional time signatures

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[smufl-discuss] Re: Fractional time signatures

Grzegorz Rolek
Those of you who are well acquainted with OpenType Layout techniques should take a look at John Hudson’s implementation for arbitrary stacked fractions, also known as ‘nut’ fractions, available at https://github.com/TiroTypeworks/Nutso/.

Regards,
Grzegorz Rolek

On 06 May 2015, at 09:53, Daniel Spreadbury <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 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.


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