Re: did shaped note support ever get added?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 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?

You can send the money via paypal to me, in which case I'll have a
look to see what needs to be done.

FWIW, the shapes have already been added to the font some two years
ago, but have sat there unused ever since.


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