Re: Guidelines for bounding boxes?

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

>> FWIW, I used to think that this would be a very important feature;
>> now I'm not so sure. There are certainly a few cases (eg. slurs,
>> hairpins, treble clefs) where having more accurate outlines would
>> help.
>
> It would also help in improved positioning of accidentals.
>
>> But the list is fairly short: for most glyphs, a more accurate
>> box wouldn't matter much.
>
> I agree.  However, we need a mechanism to improve the more critical
> cases.

Maybe attaching some "ghost characters" without actual content to the
glyphs might be possible, where the total outline is determined by
overlaying all the bounding boxes?

-- 
David Kastrup