Re: More Figured Bass Improvements... (potential sponsorship)

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Michael Meixner schreef:
> > I've included an example image.. taken from the Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher
> > Werke: Bärenreiter illustrating this.
> >
> > Also I was looking at making the numbers 10 / 11 / 12  as one symbol. This
> > would make the numbers as in:
>
> Moreover I would propose to create some additional "strike through" 
> symbols - the slash we see now doesn't work ideally with all numbers 
> re. visibility (esp. the 6 is an less than ideal case in my opinion).
> Typically these would be numbers with elongated elements slashed - 
> I could supply examples, if wished.

it's possible to design new number glyphs, but it is _a lot_ of work.
It's much easier to change the positioning of the slash for the 6 
specifically.  Have a look at slashed-digit in 
define-markup-commands.scm. I can also do it as a (tiny) sponsored feature.

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