Re: time signature with note in denominator

[Jos Smeets]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 00:07:24 -0700
"David Feuer" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 4/3/06, Jos Smeets <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am typesetting a score which has a non-standard time signature in
> > the original. E.g. for 4/2 it has a half note symbol in the
> > denominator instead of the number 2. So, it is like using
> > TimeSignature "single-digit", but with the digit shifted up a bit
> > and a not symbol underneath it. Is it possible to do this in
> > Lilypond?
> 
> I think the most natural way to deal with this (which would likely
> require some changes to Lilypond) would be to set the font for the
> lower number of the time signature to one that makes the numbers 1, 2,
> and 4 look like noteheads.

That would indeed be the best solution. Don't know if this notation is
common enough to implement this. Don't know how hard it is to do this.

Jos

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