On 20 Jan 2004 at 11:26, Andrew Stiller wrote:

> >  David W. Fenton wrote
> >  >
> >>  It's rounded in the *wrong* direction -- it's concave, when it
> >>  should be convex.
> >>
> >>  At least, that's my opinion in regard to replicating the shape of
> >>  the wedge that I see in late 18th- and early 19th-century editions
> >>  (which
> >  > is what I want to do).
> 
> I have seen the concave version (base of the triangle curved inward
> toward the tip, making a shape like a cocklebur) in publications from
> as early as 1830, and it is the standard shape from the late 19th c.
> on (in scores by Stravinsky, e.g.). It has always surprised and vexed
> me that Finale has not included this form in any of its fonts. The
> older, convex form (dart-shaped) is available in Maestro, where it can
> be found at ' and opt-sh-'.

Both versions are in the WinFin2003 version of Maestro, and the 
default articulation libraries use it.

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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