Re: question about a <> mark similar to a c-> notation...

[Arno Waschk]

Okay, i hope the second attempt includes your suggestions...

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 00:07:28 +0100, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> address@hidden writes:
> > > If I understand you correctly, you want to add a new articulation  
> > script
> > > (rather than patching the code for dynamic marks).  That's quite  
> > easy, if
> > > you are a little bit familiar with metafont.  For that purpose, you
> > > should
> > >
> > > * add the articulation sign to the feta font; see file
> > > mf/feta-schrift.mf;
> > >   I guess the direction (up/down) does not matter for espressivo  
> > marks,
> > >   hence a single character "espressivo" should suffice; you may want  
> > to
> > >   have a look at the sforzatoaccent as an example of a similar  
> > character
> > >   that is already in the font;
> > >
> > > * tell lily about your articulation sign by adding it to the file
> > >   scm/script.scm (twice the same character "espressivo" for both
> > >   directions, up and down);
> > >
> > > * add a handy shortcut to the file ly/script-init.ly
> > >
> > > * for testing, add it to input/test/script-chart.ly
> > >
> > > * for documentation, add it to the Articulations section (currently
> > >   section 5.7.8) of the user manual; see
> > >   Documentation/user/notation.itely.
> > >
> > > And, whenever changing feta-schrift, don't forget to clean the font  
> > such
> > > that all font files will be rebuilt; otherwise, you will not see any
> > > change, or the font will be messed up (as inserting a new character
> > > changes the numbers in the font tables).
> > >
> >
> > Okay, following the above i would like to propose a first attempt of a
> > patch.
> > Feel free to rant about my mistakes, but please be reminded that i am  
> > just
> > a pianist trying his best. Don't shoot!
>
> Hi,
>
> some comments regarding the glyph:
>
> * the bbox is too small horizontally (try viewing out/feta20.dvi)
>
> * narrowing of the lines near the junction point is ok in principle,
>   but I think the lines should be thinner still (the junction has more
>   weight than the rest of the glyph)
>
> * The glyph is quicker drawn by doing only upper right half, then
>   doing
>
>    addto currentpicture also currentpicture (yscaled -1);
>    addto currentpicture also currentpicture (xscaled -1);
>
> If you take these comments into account, I'll gladly merge a new
> version of your patch.



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