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Re: MF fonts
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Tim Sheasby |
Subject: |
Re: MF fonts |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:38:46 +0200 |
Added narrow versions of Mi to mf source file. Having problems getting the
dependencies set up so I can compile it in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Have been
using MacPorts to accomplish this but it fails when I try to install FontForge.
Don't want to make the version public till I know it will work. Might try in
Ubuntu through VirtualBox.
On 27 Feb 2011, at 4:54 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote:
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> On 2/27/11 4:09 AM, "Tim Sheasby" <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Thanks for the suggestions. Will try to compile Emmentaler with a new narrow
>> version of the MI but perhaps slightly deeper so it looks big enough.
>> Examining an old but beautiful book I have has all notes the same width but
>> the Mi seems to extend a tiny bit higher/lower than other notes. Probably for
>> optical purposes.
>> Otherwise I might take a short cut and redefine the size of the mi using the
>> stencil-scale option.
>
> Yet another possibility is to convince the shape-note community that your mi
> shape is better.
>
> A scan from your "beautiful" book, coupled with a .png of the current output
> and a .png of the output if you just reshape the mi head in the current
> Aiken font might be just the ticket.
>
> There is a fasoli yahoo group: http://groups.google.com/group/fasoli
>
> It's a private group, so you'll need to join.
>
> There's also a website: http://www.hosorembo.com/Lily/Lilindex.html
>
> There's a wiki page on shape note aesthetics:
> http://wiki.lilynet.net/index.php/Shapenote_notehead_aesthetics
>
> I ended up doing the shape note heads because I knew metafont (actually, I
> learned metafont to do the note heads, IIRC). But I'm not a shape note
> singer. So I'm not the best judge of aesthetics.
>
> Previous discussion on shape note aesthetics can be found at
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1060
>
> and
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=602
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> At any rate, I'd love to have your input in making shape note heads right.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
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- MF fonts, Tim Sheasby, 2011/02/26
- RE: MF fonts, James Lowe, 2011/02/26
- Re: MF fonts, Carl Sorensen, 2011/02/26
- Re: MF fonts, Xavier Scheuer, 2011/02/26
- Re: MF fonts, Carl Sorensen, 2011/02/26
- Re: MF fonts, Tim Sheasby, 2011/02/27
- Re: MF fonts, Carl Sorensen, 2011/02/27
- Re: MF fonts,
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- Re: MF fonts, Carl Sorensen, 2011/02/27
- Re: MF fonts, Tim Sheasby, 2011/02/27
- Re: MF fonts, Graham Percival, 2011/02/27
- Re: MF fonts, Tim Sheasby, 2011/02/28
- Re: MF fonts, Carl Sorensen, 2011/02/28