[smufl-discuss] Re: SMuFL 0.8 and Bravura 0.8 released

[Michael Scott Cuthbert]

Congrats!

This is a great accomplishment!

A few questions:

Requested change: Combining staff positions might be specified to be with respect to a baseline, not with respect to the previous staff position (as in “Climacus” example on p. 194.  I think it would be very difficult to create ligatures (in both senses of the word) within a font that required keeping track of what the “current” staff position is, but would be not difficult to do with respect to a baseline.  So instead of the Climacus being

chantPunctumVirga + (staffPosLower1) + chantPunctumInclinatum +
(staffPosLower1) + chantPunctumInclinatum

it would be

chantPunctumVirga + (staffPosLower1) + chantPunctumInclinatum +
(staffPosLower2) + chantPunctumInclinatum

this also eliminates the problem that some symbols such as chantPodatus2nd have an implied staffPosRaise1 in them.  

The fingering charts are really great additions! Bravo for adding them!

It’s great that you supply both open and closed fingerings for each individual finger/key/ring etc. in addition to the “all open” basic glyph.  That way simpler fingering charts can be created, such as for students (only showing the holes and keys that have been taught so far) or easier to read multi phonic charts (for instance, for the clarinet, I only show the six main holes and any keys that are being depressed (or a few keys around them if necessary for context).  I don’t show non-depressed “banana” keys, since they just clutter up the diagram.  I only know the clarinet, but showing the stems on the left-hand E,F,F# keys is probably more standard (see http://myke.trecento.com/fonts/  — clarFinger, which you can definitely borrow anything from).  It’s not part of a font standard, of course, but I would encourage clarity over accurately shaped keys.  The bassClarinet low D, C#, and C might be shown two if there’s a way to do it. But those keys are not standard, so it might not be as useful.

I love that you’ve remembered to put things like the stylistic alternate for “c” in English tablature (the one that looks like an “r”) — it just shows how well thought out this is.

All the best,
Myke
On Feb 3, 2014, at 7:48, Daniel Spreadbury <[hidden email]> wrote:

> We are pleased to announce the release of SMuFL 0.8, another step
> towards our goal of reaching a stable 1.0 release in the first half of
> this year.
>
> Thanks to valuable feedback from the community following the release
> of SMuFL 0.7 last November, this revision enforces that neither
> canonical glyph names nor code points for recommended glyphs will
> change once SMuFL reaches its stable 1.0 release. As such, it would be
> very helpful if members of the community could review glyph names for
> existing glyphs so that any changes that are recommended can be
> considered and, if necessary, implemented in good time.
>
> SMuFL 0.8 also expands the repertoire of glyphs in significant ways.
> New ranges include:
>
> –Renaissance lute tablature, covering French, Italian and German
> styles
> –Fingering diagrams for educational materials and method books for
> recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone
> –Ivan Wyschnegradsky's system of 72-EDO accidentals
>
> Existing ranges have also been extended, including additional coupler
> diagrams and techniques for accordion, further microtonal accidentals
> (from Penderecki, Busotti, Bosanquet and Tavener), separate noteheads
> for white mensural notation, and so on.
>
> A number of other smaller changes and additions have been made in this
> revision of SMuFL in response to community feedback. Complete details
> can be found in the version history:
>
> http://www.smufl.org/versionhistory/
>
> As always, further feedback is welcomed.
>
> We are also pleased to release an update to Bravura, the SMuFL
> reference font, bringing it in line with the changes in SMuFL version
> 0.8. In addition to implementing all of the new and changed glyphs in
> SMuFL 0.8, there have been minor changes to a number of glyphs
> throughout the whole font to address potential rendering problems
> reported by the Adobe FDK checkOutlines tool. This should improve the
> reliability of the appearance of the font in a variety of
> applications.
>
> SMuFL 0.8 can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.smufl.org/download
>
> Bravura 0.8 can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.smufl.org/fonts
>
> As we continue on our path towards a stable 1.0 release, the following
> areas are still under active implementation:
>
> –Development of metrics and glyph registration guidelines for
> SMuFL-compliant fonts intended for use in text-based applications;
> –Development of a version of Bravura that implements these new
> guidelines;
> –Development of the classes.json metadata file defining useful groups
> of glyphs for use in consuming applications.
>
> At the moment, the stable 1.0 release is contingent on the completion
> of the above areas of work. Of course it is still possible at this
> stage to add further glyphs to existing or new ranges: a reminder that
> if you are harbouring suggestions for new glyphs, please consider
> submitting them before the end of March 2014 for consideration in the
> 1.0 release.
>
> Daniel
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