Col. G. L. Sicherman wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:34:56 +0000
>>From: David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "Col. G. L. Sicherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Re: [TeX-music] a better 8va macro
>>
>>Since you obviously care about tuplet brackets it might interest you
>>to know that an improved type has been in use in the Phillipines for
>>decades.
>>
>> __)__
>>/ ) \
>>
>>The traditional square ones have always been awful IMHO.
>>
>
> I'm used to them, but I'll admit that they lack style.
The Filipinos solved a problem of possible confusion with beams. To
avoid that, conventional brackets have to be very light weight, as in
your example on your site. Many have advocated using curved brackets
over beams but that is confused with slurs and phrase marks.
> Would you
> mind scanning an example of a Philippines bracket for us? I'd like
> to see it. And maybe some bright MetaFont programmer can implement
> it for us.
I would certainly do so if I had any. I saw two types, one with
straight splayed sides as shown and the other with a bit of
inward curvature to the sides, which probably would not be practical.
This was autography, of course, and I started
using it before I even saw it. I find it incredible that no one
in the 19th century ever invented it, because it has been badly
needed for a very long time.
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