[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > do them as a font? Isn't it easier to do a markup, eg.
> >
> > \markup { \braile #"..o.o.o" }
> >
> > which takes the pattern of . and o and puts the dots in the
> > right place?
> >
>
> That's a cool idea.
>
> However, some Braille users seem to be a bit fussy about how their
> Braille looks.
> I know, I know, most of them are blind, but some commentators seem to
> like fancy diamonds
> for the points rather than plain dots so I thought that users of the
> facility might
> want to mess with the style a bit. It's not big deal to do in a font.
> After all, you only do it once in a function
> And replicate calls to it. :) Also, some like to to see tiny markers in
> the spaces where the dots would be in some cases.
OK, so you could do it by adding a dot, a diamond and a tiny marker to
the feta font. I wouldn't go with the "put all braille glyphs in a
separate font", but of course, it depends on how braille
"screens/printers" are driven.
> Is there any way that I can guard against horrible kludgy output if
> somebody tries to
> include the engraver in that \Staff context rather than the above
> approach?
No, who would do that? If it is working, we will ship and document the
BrailleStaff in the standard distribution.
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