I definitely could, but, like I said, the rotation part isn't what I can't
do. I need to be able to know _when_ they are needed and when they aren't.
I can't figure out how to do that. Good thought, though.
- Abraham
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] <
ml-node+s1069038n173364...@n5.nabble.com> wrote:
> Just a very uneducated guess: couldn't you make rotated copies in the font
> itself?
>
> Am 19. März 2015 19:56:16 MEZ, schrieb Abraham Lee <[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=173364&i=0>>:
>>
>> I've been collaborating with an Italian design student that created
>> numerous music fonts for a school project, but they aren't actually used in
>> any notation program (yet), but he has agreed to work with me and take the
>> steps necessary to make them usable with LilyPond. Each of his fonts are
>> quite stylized and are designed to represent a different genre of music.
>> The one I'm doing first is meant to imitate the feeling of the famous Didot
>> (or Bodoni) text font, with lots of thick and thin elements. Anyone seen
>> this before? It is his designer that they be made available for free,
>> licensed under the OFL. He's pretty excited to see his work get out there.
>>
>> Before I can do this, however, there's one issue I haven't been able to
>> solve. The noteheads (quarter and half) are designed such that it really
>> only has ONE stem attachment point (marked in orange in the attached
>> image).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> For stems going up (right-side of image), it is the top-right point. For
>> stems going down (left-side of image), the glyph must be rotated 180
>> degrees so the same attachment point is now at the bottom-left where the
>> stem is located. The rotation part I've been able to figure out, but it
>> isn't automatic yet. My question is this: how do I determine when a
>> particular notehead's _true_ stem attachment at that moment is going to be
>> at the bottom-left so I can rotate the notehead glyph? I don't care what
>> the value is, though it may be needed to determine the event, I just want
>> to know _when_ it happens. I hope that makes sense.
>>
>> Here's my simple code so far:
>>
>> #(define alt-notehead
>> (lambda (grob)
>> (let* ((stil (ly:note-head::print grob))
>> (newstil (ly:stencil-rotate stil 180 0 0)))
>> newstil)))
>>
>> Then, when I want to use it, I do:
>>
>> (\once) \override NoteHead.stencil = #alt-notehead
>>
>> When I get the 'stem-attachment property of the notehead, it always
>> gives me the top-right value, regardless of where the stem is actually
>> attached. I'm hoping this will work for chords, too, though I haven't
>> experimented enough to know for sure. Any help is always appreciated!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Abraham
>>
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