Re: New fonts for chords

[Valentin Villenave]

2009/4/28 Andrew Hawryluk <address@hidden>:

> It would be nice if LilyPond could use proper super/sub-scripts when
> they exist in a font, and substitute the scaled version when
> necessary. A similar approach has been suggested for real small caps:
>
> http://www.nabble.com/high-quality-typesetting-within-lilypond-to20860197.html#a20874015
>
> In this case, I think most high-end fonts store small caps as an
> OpenType alternate to the normal alphabetic code points, rather than
> as separate characters in extended Unicode land.
>
> Valentin, is this worth logging an enhancement in the issues list?
> Perhaps as part of the whole question of high-quality typesetting?

I am willing to open as many requests as needed, but we need to keep
things clear and separate. For instance, Pekka's suggestions do seem
sensible to me, but maybe the super/sub-script is a different issue.

Regards,
Valentin