[smufl-discuss] SMuFL 0.8 and Bravura 0.8 released

[dspreadbury]

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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