On 3/29/2015 2:39 PM, Michael Everson wrote:
On 29 Mar 2015, at 22:02, Garth Wallace <[email protected]> wrote:
Wouldn't it be easier just to change the example glyphs for U+1D132 MUSICAL
SYMBOL QUARTER TONE SHARP and U+1D133 MUSICAL SYMBOL QUARTER TONE FLAT? The
ones currently in the charts do not appear to be in common use.
It would be better to let the symbols be used as intended to be drawn.
Documenting such widely varied “glyph variation” would not end up serving the
user community, I think.
Glyph variations are fine as long as there is
a) never a contrasting usage in the same context
b) a common practice of alternating presentations w/o change of meaning
c) a common understanding that the details of presentation are stylistic
In this case, one or more of these conditions appear not to be met.
A./
The most common symbol for the quarter tone flat, from what I've gathered, is a
reversed flat sign. Some composers use the flat with stroke. One potential
complication: AIUI the Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system for notating Turkish music,
which divides each whole tone into nine koma, uses both, along with a few
altered sharps.
Have you references?
This topic may be a little obscure for the general list; we can take it offline.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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