[smufl-discuss] Re: Private use area?

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[smufl-discuss] Re: Private use area?

dspreadbury
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Peter wrote:

> I tend to agree with David and Alex about the need of having smaller
> clefs. There's also another reason to include them (among those
> already mentioned). When application uses the same glyphs but reduces
> them, the thinner lines might simply disappear. Actually that was the
> reason why you've introduced version of standard accidentals with
> enforced thin lines, for use in smaller sizes. To be able to use the
> same approach in application it might be very valuable to have
> separate set of clefs for use in smaller sizes too.

I agree about the importance of providing a solution for stopping strokes
getting anaemically thin at small sizes. That is why Bravura, for example,
contains such alternate glyphs for the most common clefs; but this is
entirely left to the discretion of the font designer.

Daniel

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