[smufl-discuss] Re: Glyph Registration and Graphical Metadata

[David Webber]

From: Emil B.Wojtacki

> Then, to have cue-sized notehead, an application could use a sequence of
two characters CUE-SIZE + BLACK_NOTEHEAD; Then the font engine would
draw the correct glyph as a ligature (and 'liga' feature, unlike
stylistic alternates, is, as to my knowledge, commonly supported,
because some languages need it for correct spelling).

Three codepoints would be needed, for these abstract values:

- clef change (as this can have different look/scaling factor than cue-size)
- cue size
- grace note
<

I must admit you have now gone beyond what I know to be the capabilities of
the font engine (in my case in Windows).

> It would be very inconvenient for part-time font designers, but seems to
make sense.

And I'm not sure what would be involved in designing the font to do this.

> That would be convenient also for one very special case: there exists a
version of transposing ottava bassa g-clef for tenors in choir music,
which is basically a treble clef with a simplified version of an
old-style C-clef placed on third space (sic!). For correct setting in
cues, it cannot be just scaled (additional C-clef part must be smaller,
but still on the third space).<

I'm afraid I have always regarded the C-clef on the third space as an
unnecessary comforter for those tenors who hate the idea that they're
singing an octave different from their treble clef music :-)

Dave

David Webber
Mozart Music Software
http://www.mozart.co.uk/



Emil Wojtacki

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