[smufl-discuss] Re: Note heads, individual notes and breves

[dspreadbury]

Maurizio wrote:

> I gather that the "Note heads" section is for glyphs to be used mainly
in
> score engraving and the "Individual notes" section for glyphs to be used
> mainly in a textual context.

That's sort of true, though in fact since it is necessary for there to be
completely separate fonts for use in scoring applications and text-based
applications, due to the incompatible requirements of their metrics, there
is not a completely clear separation in the intention of their use.

> There is a reason for the "Breve, single vertical stroke" glyph to
appear as
> a stylistic alternative in the latter and not in the former? If the two
> 'common' ('base'? 'main'?) glyphs are potentially different under some
> respect (registration, perhaps?), so would be the alternates as well.
>
> The same would apply to the much needed -- and already requested --
square
> breve shape.

You're right that this is a little inconsistent. I will look into
remedying this.

> Lastly, are there some guidelines to decide which is the 'main' shape
and
> which are 'alternatives'? Breves are not much used anyway outside of
> Renaissance - early Baroque music editions, where the square shape is
often
> preferred.

I don't think it's really necessary for SMuFL to attempt to answer that
question: the main job is simply to encode and categorise the glyphs.

Thanks for your feedback,

Daniel

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[Maurizio M. Gavioli]

dspreadbury wrote

Maurizio wrote:

> Lastly, are there some guidelines to decide which is the 'main' shape and
> which are 'alternatives'? Breves are not much used anyway outside of
> Renaissance - early Baroque music editions, where the square shape is often
> preferred.

I don't think it's really necessary for SMuFL to attempt to answer that
question: the main job is simply to encode and categorise the glyphs.

Daniel

Thanks for your reply. Generally speaking, it is true, but when a stylistic alternate is named "Double whole note (breve), single vertical stroke" (and a name of some kind is unavoidable), it rather clear suggests which shape is considered primary and which alternate...

Thanks,

Maurizio