Re: MF fonts

2011-02-28 Thread Tim Sheasby
Carl, I agree perhaps the mi and do could be a smidgeon wider for optical equivalence with the sol. I am using an include file for my hymn book with a line that redefines \aikenHeads to use my modified mi so if this becomes the default I simply have to drop that definition from the include file.

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-28 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/28/11 3:32 AM, "Tim Sheasby" wrote: > Thanks again for all the suggestions for the alternative mi > I have successfully compiled the new font with a miNarrow character. This > character has been horizontally scaled back to 100% and vertically scaled > 110%. Will submit the update for approva

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-28 Thread Tim Sheasby
Thanks again for all the suggestions for the alternative mi I have successfully compiled the new font with a miNarrow character. This character has been horizontally scaled back to 100% and vertically scaled 110%. Will submit the update for approval later. Here is a png showing both versions of

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-27 Thread Tim Sheasby
Thanks Carl but had just thought I might try to compile it myself with Ubuntu in VirtualBox when Graham pointed me to the help-us page and the lily-dev setup. Will try that first. Keeping my fingers crossed. On 27 Feb 2011, at 5:51 PM, Carl Sorensen wrote: > On 2/27/11 8:38 AM, "Tim Sheasby" w

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-27 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 05:38:46PM +0200, Tim Sheasby wrote: > Added narrow versions of Mi to mf source file. Having problems > getting the dependencies set up so I can compile it in Mac OS X > Snow Leopard. Have been using MacPorts to accomplish this but it > fails when I try to install FontForge.

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-27 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/27/11 8:38 AM, "Tim Sheasby" wrote: > Added narrow versions of Mi to mf source file. Having problems getting the > dependencies set up so I can compile it in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Have been > using MacPorts to accomplish this but it fails when I try to install > FontForge. Don't want to mak

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-27 Thread Tim Sheasby
Added narrow versions of Mi to mf source file. Having problems getting the dependencies set up so I can compile it in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Have been using MacPorts to accomplish this but it fails when I try to install FontForge. Don't want to make the version public till I know it will work. M

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-27 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/27/11 4:09 AM, "Tim Sheasby" wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. Will try to compile Emmentaler with a new narrow > version of the MI but perhaps slightly deeper so it looks big enough. > Examining an old but beautiful book I have has all notes the same width but > the Mi seems to extend

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-27 Thread Tim Sheasby
Thanks for the suggestions. Will try to compile Emmentaler with a new narrow version of the MI but perhaps slightly deeper so it looks big enough. Examining an old but beautiful book I have has all notes the same width but the Mi seems to extend a tiny bit higher/lower than other notes. Probably

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-26 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/26/11 9:45 AM, "Xavier Scheuer" wrote: > On 26 February 2011 17:11, Carl Sorensen wrote: >> >> Finally, regarding your question about scaling note heads. It is possible >> to scale a note head differently in x and y if you are using it in a markup, >> but as far as I know, there is no way

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-26 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 26 February 2011 17:11, Carl Sorensen wrote: > > Finally, regarding your question about scaling note heads. It is possible > to scale a note head differently in x and y if you are using it in a markup, > but as far as I know, there is no way to scale it differently in x and y as > a note head

Re: MF fonts

2011-02-26 Thread Carl Sorensen
t; Sent: 26 February 2011 10:07 > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: MF fonts > mi > up nicely with the DO. Can produce appropriate glyph but how do I compile just > the final Emmentaler fonts? Tim, First, to answer your question, before doing make, do rm mf/out/* Then do mak

RE: MF fonts

2011-02-26 Thread James Lowe
Hello From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org] on behalf of Tim Sheasby [t...@sheafpublishing.co.za] Sent: 26 February 2011 10:07 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: MF fonts Need

MF fonts

2011-02-26 Thread Tim Sheasby
Need the MI in the Aiken heads to be slightly narrower and taller so it lines up nicely with the DO. Can produce appropriate glyph but how do I compile just the final Emmentaler fonts? Tim Sheasby t...@sheafpublishing.co.za <> ___ lilypond-user mail