Here is a proposal for a Unicode Musical Symbols font (forwarded with the
agreement of the originator).
Alan Wood
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Will [SMTP:willwill@xemus.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:29 PM
> To: xemo-announce@xemo.org; xemo-dev@xemo.org
> Cc: alan.wood@context.co.uk; Blake Hodgetts
> Subject: XEMO Notation Font
>
> Xemus Software has decided to fund a notation font that will be released
> into the public domain under the XPL (XEMO Public License). I'll be
> soliciting any input the developer community may have regarding the
> requirements for such a font. Our first goal is to create a basic musical
> font that is compliant with the new Unicode 3.1 standard and the set of
> musical symbols it proposes, although we believe it should be put to the
> test before we fully commit to that particular standard. We are currently
> trying to find corporate and institutional partners who are willing to
> support this effort.
>
> For those that have not heard about the Unicode standard, you may want to
> download the pdf file that describes it at
> http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1D100.pdf
>
> This new font should alleviate any intellectual property issues many
> developers are running into when trying to develop new notation and other
> music software applications. Other developers are encouraged to contribute
> their work. The long range goal is to provide further fonts to the public
> domain, such as Byzantine notation symbols, roman numerals, and
> specialized
> fonts for other sub domains of musical notation through the Project XEMO
> web
> site - essentially creating a centralized repository for anyone needing
> fonts for musical notation.
>
> The first version of the basic music font will be released in steps as the
> XEMO Notation API and code base become available for public review and
> alpha
> testing.
>
> William Will
> Project XEMO
> www.xemo.org
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