Re: fonts and lisense

2003-02-06 Thread rerdavies
> > 3. do you think it is possible to use GPL fonts in a proprietary > > product? I mean, any modification to the fonts should be GPLed, but > > perhaps that would not regard the whole application. > > Yes, using fonts is allowed, as long as changes to the font are > redistributed in source form. >

Chord Name Fixes

2002-10-27 Thread rerdavies
c:6.9.no7 -> c e g a d (experimental) For a proof sheet of the new chord-name parsing, with examples given below the staff, see http://members.rogers.com/rerdavies/new-chord-names.ps (note that the chord name display requires a lot of work, but the notes on the staff are correct). If

Request for Comment - Chordname strategy

2002-10-27 Thread rerdavies
I've been quietly mulling over how to undertake a rewrite for the chord name generation for a while. Along the way I've run into a number of nightmare chords (C:5+.5-.9+.9-, for example), and a number of chord-writing conventions that really challenge the current approach being taken for chords in

re: Chord names

2002-05-17 Thread rerdavies
Do I have access to font metrics from within lilypond scheme code? Typeface or numeric ascender height or extent of numbers would be particularly useful. I ask because I'm wondering how easy it would be to do ascender alignment in a typeface-safe way for some of the chord-name notation cases that

re: Chord names

2002-05-17 Thread rerdavies
> You state "dim/Ø" - but I don't think that ANYBODY conciders dim and Ø > the same chord: Ø is by everybody I know concidered a half-diminished > seventh, and dim is not. (correct me if I'm wrong). Ooops. Yes. Of course. Careless mistake. > The entire question about when to use superscript hasn

Chords... Anyone mind if I take a kick?

2002-05-10 Thread rerdavies
I see chords are still broken in places in 1.5.55. (13th chords in the Jazz style spouting out random little bits of nastiness, for example, accidentals on the chord names not raised properly due to someone overwriting simple-super somewhere, &c). Is anyone looking at this? Would anyone mind if I