On 3/29/2015 2:39 PM, Michael Everson wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2015, at 22:02, Garth Wallace <gwalla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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