Re: did shaped note support ever get added?

[Jonathan Walther]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 08:05:40AM -0500, Laura Conrad wrote:
> > > > > > "Jonathan" == Jonathan Walther <address@hidden> writes:
>
>    Jonathan> We North Americans do preserve some items of history
>    Jonathan> that Europe has shed.  Do not discriminate against us on
>    Jonathan> that account.
>
> That being said, I'm one of the people who would use shape note support
> if it got added, and I'm willing to help, or even to start something if
> other people would be willing to help.  I've never used metafont, but I
> do own The Book.  So I gather the first thing is to produce the shapes
> in Metafont?

I have a new job doing kernel development, and time is scarce.  So is
money, but I'm prepared to donate $100 to the Lilypond project for the
sake of this feature.  Where do I send the cheque?

> And a typographical question: am I the only person who is bothered by
> both whatever font the Sacred Harp uses and the Finale font, because
> the triangle seems so much lighter weight than the other symbols?

I don't know what font Finale uses, but my shaped note hymnal doesn't
use a very good font either.  This is something where we could probably
excel.  According to the list archives, it looks like someone already
did the metafont for this; or else that is the stage they got stuck at.
If the list archives had email addresses, I'd drop the person a note.

The important thing with shape notes is that the shape be distinct.  The
triangle, square, diamond, circle, hemisphere, and the other two.

Jonathan

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