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Re: Making Feta number glyphs monospaced (tabular)
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Karol Majewski |
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Re: Making Feta number glyphs monospaced (tabular) |
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Mon, 18 May 2015 01:18:56 +0200 |
I was thinking of changing side bearings only.
I looked into *.mf files of Feta and noticed that there is some kerning data
applied to number glyphs. So I would:
1) remove kerning
2) set the same glyph width for all numbers.
And I wonder how time signatures like 12/16 are aligned in Baerenreiter, Peters
scores. I own none of these editions and it can be hard to answer that as time
signatures like 12/16 are fairly rare.
-- Karol
Dnia 17-05-2015 o godz. 21:37 Werner LEMBERG napisał(a):
> > Recently I had to use meter 11/16 and noticed that Feta numerals are
> > not monospaced - they are not aligned vertically. I would consider
> > modifying Feta number glyphs so that each of them have the same
> > width. Any thoughts on this?
>
> Basically, I don't object. Slightly stretching or squeezing the
> glyphs horizontally shouldn't be noticeable, I think.
>
> However, have you checked (old) scores from Bärenreiter, Peters, UE,
> etc., whether those numerals really have the same width? I guess that
> manually engraved digits have a natural deviation in positioning much
> larger than what you demonstrate (using an extreme magnification).
>
>
> Werner