>> . a figured bass mode similar to (jazz) chord mode to display
>> figured bass as chords
>
> What do you mean exactly? Determining the chord name from the
> figures and displaying it?
This also, but mainly displaying the figured bass chord as notes
(which is essentially equivalent).
>> . Developing and implementing an OpenType Scheme API.
>
> Do you mean a way to access the extended font features from
> LilyPond, so I can get real caps or swash alternates etc.?
Yes.
> Or is there even more to it?
There is more to it, but those details shouldn't bother us much,
because we are going to use the Pango interface anyway, AFAIK.
> Abraham, do you think you'd be capable of mentoring such a project?
I could co-mentor it (being a font technology geek :-) but certainly
not being the main mentor.
Werner
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