Hi Freeman, Let us know what you re trying to do. Why do you want to create a glyph?
Are you new to lilypond? If so, welcome to the Pond! Andrew On 20 May 2018 at 22:44, Freeman Gilmore <freeman.gilm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 5:01 AM, Torsten Hämmerle < > torsten.haemme...@web.de> wrote: > >> Freeman Gilmore wrote >> > Where are the rules for naming a glyph located? >> >> >> The naming conventions for glyph names can be found in mf/README: >> >> >> mf/README wrote >> >> > Glyph name rules >> >> > >> > Most glyph names have the form >> > <group> >> > . >> > <name> >> > , where >> > <group> >> > is defined with the 'fet_begingroup' command, and >> > <name> >> > is given with 'fet_beginchar' (within a 'fet_begingroup' block). >> > Example: 'clefs.vaticana.fa'. >> > >> > Sometimes it would be sensible to use negative numbers in glyph names. >> > However, the '-' character shouldn't be used in a glyph name. Replace >> it >> > with 'M'. For example, write 'rests.M3mensural' instead of >> > 'rests.-3mensural'. >> > >> > Glyphs that exist in both an 'up' and 'down' version should start the >> > <name> >> > part with either 'u' or 'd', respectively. Example: 'flags.d3', >> > 'flags.u3'. Glyphs that are neutral w.r.t. the direction, and where >> > members of the glyph group exist that have 'up' and 'down' versions, >> > should start with an 's'. >> > Example: 'noteheads.s0re'. >> >> >> All the Emmentaler glyph names can be found in the LilyPond Notation >> Reference: Appendix A.8 - The Emmentaler font >> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/the-em >> mentaler-font.html> >> >> You can generate a list of all the Emmentaler glyph names using the scheme >> function ly:otf-glyph-list: >> >> #(pretty-print (ly:otf-glyph-list (ly:system-font-load >> "emmentaler-20"))) >> >> >> HTH, >> Torsten >> > > > > This is still confusing, I read *mf/README several time before asked my > question. The above helps. I do not know how to ask this because this is > all new to me. Say I was going to create the glyph “#” for the first > time. Using the naming convention I name it “accidentals.sharp” (if this > is the complete name?). BUT I would use the name (or one of it equals) > “…is” to print “#...”? * > > *Why two names?* > > *What convention is used for the second name (not a part of mf/readme); > this is the one I am more interested in?* > > *Is “#” markup (not clear what this means)? * > > *Thank you,* > > *ƒg* > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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