Re: MF fonts

[Carl Sorensen]

On 2/28/11 3:32 AM, "Tim Sheasby" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Thanks again for all the suggestions for the alternative mi
> I have successfully compiled the new font with a miNarrow character. This
> character has been horizontally scaled back to 100% and vertically scaled
> 110%. Will submit the update for approval later. Here is a png showing both
> versions of the mi in practice.

Tim, 

This is great work!  Thanks for jumping in to it.

In looking at your images, it seems to me that the narrow head should be the
default used for shape notes, rather than the wide head.  The wide head may
have the advantage of looking more optically equivalent, but I think the
stacking problem as demonstrated in your example is reqlly quite ugly.

If we're going to continue to use a wide mi head, we should probably widen
the do head a bit too.

Before accepting this patch, I'd like to see if the shape note community
thinks we ought to make Tim's work the default (maybe only) mi head.

Thanks,

Carl