[smufl-discuss] Re: Zero width sidebearings

Posted by dspreadbury on
URL: http://smufl-discuss.219.s1.nabble.com/smufl-discuss-Re-Zero-width-sidebearings-tp782.html

Knut wrote:

> I also know that time signature numbers
> traditionally have been spaced with zero width sidebearings in music
> fonts.

I believe this tradition has its basis in the convention that digits in
time signatures should be spaced as tightly as possible. I don't believe
you typically want much gap between e.g. the 1 and 2 in 12/8, or between
the 1 and 6 in 9/16.

> Would it be possible to make an exception to the rule of zero width
> sidebearings for these (and similar) kinds of number and text
> glyphs?

I think I would need illustrations of specific use cases for these ranges
in order to consider a change at this stage.

Daniel

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