>>> Wow. This is a large project in terms of glyph coverage then. :-)
>>
>> It can evolve, starting with Latin-1 & Latin-2, for example.
>
> That makes sense.
And Latin-2 covers Polish also...
Urs writes:
> > Sorry to say, but this is utter nonsense. It's a matter of fact
> > that from an international point of view Poland is not relevant to
> > opera, as Austria is not relevant to musical, for example. It
> > doesn't diminish the value of Polish music!
>
> Maybe true. But it doesn't change the fact that it should be
> possible to typeset scores in practically any language, if LilyPond
> wants to be 'for everyone'.
This won't happen. There doesn't exist a single font in the world
which covers all languages. In other words, there must be
compromises. Latin-1, Latin-2, Cyrillic, and IPA is probably
sufficient for 99% of retyping classical music.
Continuing with Eben's reply:
>> Not really. Of course it is good to have them, but this is not
>> essential for the beginning IMHO. Note that Lilypond currently
>> can't access OpenType features.
>
> That would be a good reason to have separate fonts for all caps
> then.
This is a possibility, yes.
>> The `Tempo di Menuetto' font is the lyrics font enlarged, and both
>> `Servilia' and `Arie' is displayed with completely different fonts.
>
> Right. Is that difference in the service of telling the reader
> different categories of things? Is the style a label of a category
> of information?
Yes, partly.
> Maybe you need 4 designs - a regular high contrast condensed, a
> bold, a low contrast and an italic.
For the start I would like to simply have a text font...
>> Well, right now Lilypond's font interface is very primitive, so
>> tracking or other nifty font features are not supported yet.
>
> I see. So then you would just want to make a good compromise in the
> basic spacing to make it a very space efficient font.
Sounds sensible.
Werner
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