Re: Making Feta number glyphs monospaced (tabular)

[Karol Majewski]

I was thinking of changing side bearings only.

I looked into *.mf files of Feta and noticed that there is some kerning data 
applied to number glyphs. So I would:
1) remove kerning
2) set the same glyph width for all numbers.

And I wonder how time signatures like 12/16 are aligned in Baerenreiter, Peters 
scores. I own none of these editions and it can be hard to answer that as time 
signatures like 12/16 are fairly rare.

-- Karol

Dnia 17-05-2015 o godz. 21:37 Werner LEMBERG napisał(a):
> > Recently I had to use meter 11/16 and noticed that Feta numerals are
> > not monospaced - they are not aligned vertically.  I would consider
> > modifying Feta number glyphs so that each of them have the same
> > width.  Any thoughts on this?
> 
> Basically, I don't object.  Slightly stretching or squeezing the
> glyphs horizontally shouldn't be noticeable, I think.
> 
> However, have you checked (old) scores from Bärenreiter, Peters, UE,
> etc., whether those numerals really have the same width?  I guess that
> manually engraved digits have a natural deviation in positioning much
> larger than what you demonstrate (using an extreme magnification).
> 
> 
>     Werner