Thank you for the clarification - I understand now. J
---------------------------------- “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 3:51 PM, Luke Emmet <luke.em...@orlando-lutes.com> wrote: > Hi Jurgen > > LuteScribe, and the underlying TAB text format that it builds on are not > exactly WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get), but rather WYSIWYM - > what you see is what you meant. In essence they provide a series of > formatting commands to the underlying TAB program which typesets the > output result. > > There are a number of visual limitations of underlying TAB text format > which LuteScribe seeks to address, namely that a) is rotated and upside > down compared to the actual tabulature b) due to it being a text format > notes on the same course do not always line up visually (e.g. if there > are fingerings, dotted rhythms etc) and c) it uses plain text so you > have to mentally translate common symbols such as the flags. So one of > the main aspects of LuteScribe is that it provides a visual editor that > lets you edit the content and at the same time you can much more easily > play and understand the edited content as a lutenist. When the print > preview output is created, LuteScribe builds the underlying TAB text > format and TAB creates the pretty output. > > In the editor the fonts used by LuteScribe are based - and used with > permission - on a set of fonts created by Steve Horn for Sibelius. When > you view the "print preview" output, the fonts used are those that are > provided by TAB. You can change the fonts of the output in LuteScribe > via the Options or Headers section. > > So there are two sets of fonts being used, one for editing and then > those of TAB. For the PDF output or any printouts you will get the TAB ones. > > Hope this helps to explain what is going on. > > There is a new version of LuteScribe coming out soon that has some more > usability enhancements, and it also supports playback using TAB's midi > output facility. I will make an announcement on the list in the coming days. > > Best Wishes > > - Luke > > On 05-Mar-2019 07:09, Jurgen Frenz wrote: > > > > Oops - I REALLY was ignorant about the image issue. Here is a link to > > google docs, I inserted the screen shots into a text file. > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s4MoYEk4QArbZBENI9AWZ_GJDGKms1VYFFZt_LTsp7E/edit?usp=sharing > > Best > > Jurgen > > > > “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” > > Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 9:47 AM, wayne lutewst...@cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: > > > > > Hi Lute People and Jurgen - > > > Looks like you don’t know that the lute list does not like pictures, > > > which in this case is a shame. > > > Perhaps you could post them on a web site or google documents. They show > > > characters, > > > especially the letter e, in lute-scribe input format and as output by my > > > “tab” programt. Jurgen says . . . > > > Hello there, > > > I am asking about the "e" in lute scribe - in the editor the character > > > appears as a "normal" minuscule e whereas in print the character has > > > changed to a tilted small capital "E" as documented in the attached > > > screenshots - actually I very much like that capital E but I cannot find > > > it in the font. How does this miracle happen? > > > Thanks for a hint, > > > Jurgen > > > you can email Jurgen at eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com > > > mailto:eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com and you can read about my tab > > > program at https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/AboutTab.html > > > Wayne > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: Jurgen Frenz eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com > > > > Subject: [LUTE] Lute Scribe character / font question > > > > Date: March 4, 2019 at 9:14:51 PM EST > > > > To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > > > Reply-To: Jurgen Frenz eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com > > > > ogѕхэ7uЗ§oMЙoVкуmКпо_зЎЕзpЈзЇЕ<ЉzзБЗњej)м > > > > Њьz > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > -- > > Orlando Lutes > http://www.orlando-lutes.com
