[smufl-discuss] Re: Open time signature symbols

[dspreadbury]

Peter wrote:

> I'm sure this sign has never been used by anyone else, and that was
> invented not even by the author but by the editor who prepared
> Khaykovich music for publication.
>
> As far as Hanuš example is concerned I haven't seen any other examples
> using that infinity-like sign for open time as well. (Or maybe seen
> but cannot recall where).
>
> So both of those are of course far too be in common usage and you are
> probably right, they should not be included to the SMuFL.
>
> Today while I was looking by examples of open time signature I've
> found even one more symbol used for this purpose, which looks like
> diagonally striked O:
>
> Charles Boone. "Parallels" for violin and piano. Komp., San Francisco,

1964:
> http://notovodstvo.ru/smufl/openTime/boone.png
>
> I think this is also quite a local one, so you probably don't want to
> include that to SMuFL as well.

It would certainly be my inclination not to include any of these three
symbols, unless there are others in the community who strongly wish to
argue for their inclusion.

We don't have any formal criteria for determining the threshold for
whether or not a symbol should be included, but as I have said earlier in
this thread, in general I would prefer to have fewer equivalent symbols
with the same semantic meaning in the recommended glyphs area, so that we
can make clear which are the more common or standard notations used for
these things.

Daniel

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