Re: New fonts for chords

[Marc Hohl]

Pekka Siponen schrieb:
> For chords I don't think there is a standard approach. Chords haven't 
> been around long enough. I was hoping to collect opinions here. :) 
> Maybe the best source would be in some typography book? I checked mine 
> and couldn't find any specific mention about the position, only the 
> weight. Maybe someone else has something..?
No, I didn't find anything useful about formatting chords, but while 
looking into my typographic books,
I saw that there exist font families with separate fractional numbers, 
which could be used for this
purpose. I don't have such a font, but in the font Georgia, for example, 
there is at least a character for the
fraction 7/8. I removed the "/8" and the result (attached) looks not 
bad. The drawback is, however,
that there will probably be no sharps, flats and brackets in such a font ...

Just my 2ct...

Marc
> Most of the basic typographical rules seem to apply also to music 
> notation, so maybe also chords..
>
> Yes, I was thinking about posting to bug-lilypond when I have some 
> free time around the holidays.
>
> Some of the other problems with the chords I had:
> The other problem was that I would have had to adjust chord positions 
> (both horizontal and vertical) in many cases. Chords under the 
> alternate endings, so that they would have been inside the ending 
> brackets, closer to the staff and clear of the number (for example 1. 
> or 2.). Also a chord (horizontal position) and a rehearsal mark so 
> that both could fit on the basic vertical level.
> I don't remember if I made a post about these to the user or the bug 
> list. Only that it was getting wee bit too complicated for my taste, 
> and didn't have the time to pursue the issues. :)
>
> -Pekka
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