Re: SMuFL

[Janek Warchoł]

Hi,

2013/8/18  <address@hidden>:
>
> Zitat von Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>:
>> We don't know if it would be worth it to make LilyPond support SMuFL.
>> But i think the question is: what should we do to make it easier to us
>> to adopt SMuFL if we decide to to do in the future?
>> In other words, how can we influence SMuFL design so that it would fit
>> LilyPond better (without doing anything ourselves).  For example, it
>> would probably be a good idea to ensure that SMuFL has places for all
>> glyphs we have.
>
>
> I think that's the least we should try to achieve. Otherwise we'd risk
> getting left behind if SMuFL turns out to become an accepted standard. And
> although we don't know that yet, I think chances are not too bad that this
> may happen.
>
> One additional suggestion would be to move Emmentaler's glyphs to the
> Unicode codepoints suggested by SMuFL. IIUC this wouldn't need any internal
> change in the layout engine at first. And in the process of remapping any
> gaps would become apparent 'automatically'.
> I think there even is someone here who would be willing to look into it - if
> he gets any positive feedback from the community.

I can help with this - i don't have time to get fully engaged, but if
there will be a volunteer and he runs into trouble, i will do my best
to help him.

cheers
Janek