On Wednesday, 10 June 2015 at 05:01:48 pm -0400, Henry So Jr. wrote: > > On Wednesday, 10 June 2015 at 10:11:59 pm +0200, Élie Roux wrote: > > Here are the new shapes, I'm really super-busy this week so I really > > don't have time to integrate them... can someone take care of it? > > I'll take care of this later tonight. > That was my original plan, but then I dove into the details. I think we need to decide on a few things:
First, an artistic question (directed more at Sister M. Ruth). In looking at the figures, I think the new punctum inclinatum deminutus looks a little too much like the new stropha (added previously). Unfortunately, I'm hard-pressed to find any examples of such a figure in recent books, so maybe this is a moot point. Second is the question of what becomes default and what becomes an alternate. The suggestion proposed in Sister M. Ruth's earlier message replace just the oriscus deminutus (leaving the older glyph as the .caeciliae alternative, of course) and add the rest in as alternatives. On the other hand, if we agree unilaterally that the new figures are better, I can replace the old with the new and leave the old as alternatives. Which way are we going? However, before you answer, please read through the final question below for another idea. Finally, the most technically challenging question: if I substitute the new punctum ascendens/descendens and oriscus forms from the attached font, I suppose I will have to add stem-stubs and integrate them into all glyphs that start with an oriscus and/or end with a liquescent punctum. This will add a good number of glyphs to the font. My question is, should I do this, or should I create a new font based on greciliae with these new figures? The glyph substitution system does allow cross-font substitutions, so a new font is a viable way of pulling in some desired shapes. If we decide to create a new font, I need suggestions for a name, maybe Greciliae Mater Ecclesiae, greciliaeme for short? If the new glyphs will be alternatives in the existing font, then I need suggestions for the alternative suffix. I'd rather this name not be too long, maybe ".ame" (for Abbazia Mater Ecclesiae)? Not that it holds any special weight, but my own opinion is that, with the number of glyphs involved, we should create a new font with the new glyphs fully integrated into all related neumes. In addition, we should adopt the new oriscus deminutus into the greciliae, with the caeciliae shape as alternative. This way, we follow the suggestion from Sister M. Ruth's email by default (assuming we still default to greciliae), with the ability to substitute in or simply switch to the new font to use the new shapes. Opinions? Thanks, Henry _______________________________________________ Gregorio-users mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/gregorio-users
