Re: Custom note heads

[Thomas Morley]

2017-12-17 9:42 GMT+01:00 Helge Kruse <address@hidden>:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Am 17.12.2017 um 00:55 schrieb Andrew Bernard:
>> Hi Helge,
>>
>> What sort of shapes do you want? Can you supply an illustration? [A MGE -
>> minimal graphic example!]
> I am not sure that this is as minimal as possible. But the intended
> heads and an example is attached at this mail.
>
>> You can use graphic files, or you can write Scheme to generate custom
>> postscript paths. The latter can be very complex, but is of course very
>> powerful. or you can use path construction commands for the stencil of the
>> notehead.
> Since the actual graphics look like drawings it should be possible to
> use coded drawing commands. This would have the benefit of better
> scalability.
>
>> There are quite a few examples on LSR of how to make different shape
>> noteheads. You may find id 891 to be the simplest, avoiding postscript
>> (which has some disadvantages in relation to SVG output if you need that).
> Yea, there are some examples. Will start experimenting with it.
>
> Best regards
> Helge


Some time ago Torsten (original author of the lily-jazz-font) created
"circus"-note-heads.
https://archiv.lilypondforum.de/index.php/topic,1432.msg7908.html#msg7908

Looks pretty much like what you want.

Cheers,
  Harm