Re: Using strings and other types to return markup

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Johan Vromans" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: Using strings and other types to return markup


> On Wed, 11 May 2016 17:58:52 +0100
> "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Attached is my LilyPond approximation of that
> > section of the madrigal.
>
> Regarding the ye versus Þe -- it seems wrong to me to simulate the
> appearance of a handwritten glyph (thorn, but looking like y) with the 
> wrong
> glyph.
>
> This is a generic problem when typesetting hand-written texts. For 
> example,
> some people like to write a z with a tail ('long zett' IIRC). When
> transcribing, should this be simulated with e.g. an ezh? Or just use a z
> since that is the meaning of the glyph?


The original I'm using is not hand-written - it's printed - and the 
character used in it is an actual y.

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Phil Holmes