Breve with double lines on each side

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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A while ago we had that discussion about a user wanting two vertical lines on 
each side of the breve instead of one. I have now prepared a patch for our 
font, which adds such a "noteheads.sM1double" glyph:
    http://codereview.appspot.com/109075
This patch also defines a notehead style 'altdefault, which is the same as the 
default, except that it uses the double-lined breve instead of the single-
lined one.

Okay to apply.

One thing I notice is that the vertical lines are usually a bit larger than 
the notehead. This would also change the default breve glyph, so I haven't 
included that in the patch. What do you think about this issue?


Regarding the single- vs. double-line breve: I have not yet found a reference 
to the single-line breve. Only the double-lined breve can be found practically 
everywhere:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_whole_note
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textd/Doublewholenote.html

So, shouldn't we change the default to double-line breves?

Cheers,
Reinhold
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Reinhold Kainhofer, address@hidden, http://reinhold.kainhofer.com/
 * Financial & Actuarial Math., Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria
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