Re: SMuFL

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Am 09.08.2013 14:39, schrieb Urs Liska:
> Hi all,
>
> although I suspect this could once more become a longish and scattered 
> thread, I feel forced to bring it up here.
:)
> What do you think: would it make sense to open up LilyPond thinking to 
> the idea of SMuFL brought up by Steinberg and Daniel Spreadbury?
> http://www.smufl.org <http://www.smufl.org/>
>
> Of course currently it's only their new Bravura font that complies to 
> that proposed standard.
> But I can imagine there will be more 'participators' in mid-term future.
>
> Making Emmentaler/Feta SMuFL-compliant could have several advantages IMHO:
> - Open up the possibility (or at least make a step in that direction)
>   to use alternative fonts for LilyPond engraved scores.
>   Once LilyPond could use SMuFL compliant fonts it would be easy
>   to use any new font that adheres to the standard
> - Increasing LilyPond's 'cooperativeness'
>   (a technical aspect as well as a 'social' signal)
+1
If we were able to increase lilyponds "cooperativeness", it would help 
lilypond.
I don't know, what it would take to make Emmentaler/Feta SMuFL 
compliant, but I would appreciate such a step. It might help steinberg 
and Daniel Spreadbury promote this new standard - IMHO this is a good 
thing - it is an open standard and lilypond might use any SMuFL 
compliant font.
And that we don't forget it ;) musicXML export would also open lilypond 
for other uses.

Jan-Peter Voigt