Re:time signature with note in denominator

[Ben]

On 4/4/06,  "David Feuer" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > On 4/3/06, Jos Smeets <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I am typesetting a score which has a non-standard time signature in
> > > the original. E.g. for 4/2 it has a half note symbol in the
> > > denominator instead of the number 2. So, it is like using
> > > TimeSignature "single-digit", but with the digit shifted up a bit
> > > and a not symbol underneath it. Is it possible to do this in
> > > Lilypond?
> >
> > I think the most natural way to deal with this (which would likely
> > require some changes to Lilypond) would be to set the font for the
> > lower number of the time signature to one that makes the numbers 1, 2,
> > and 4 look like noteheads.
>
> That would indeed be the best solution. Don't know if this notation is
> common enough to implement this. Don't know how hard it is to do this.
>
> Jos
>
> --
> Jos Smeets/Quixote, Deventer, The Netherlands
> http://www.classical-composers.org/
> http://www.quixote.nl/

Y'know, the fonts included with Finale Notepad would probably work for
just this instance, since the Maestro font handles this... and the
half-note symbol is actually okay. By the way... I used Finale notepad
for a few years before switching to Lilypond... this is so much
better!

Ben