I see! Thank you for the clarification. Fortunately, I'm *great* at scouring archives looking for one tiny specific thing. I assume two-flag glyphs are 16th notes and smaller? I'll start with Petrucci's IMSLP page (assuming you haven't already searched every nook and cranny of it) and, if I don't find anything there, go for online archives of Italy's national libraries and such. Taking from the Parmesan .mf files, I take it the ideal would be having between staff lines, on staff lines, and anywhere examples for both up and down 8th notes and 16th notes, and we can at least deduce smaller notes from there if needed. If there's anything I've missed, do let me know! I'll get searching now >:) Luise
On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 at 01:34, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi! I've been browsing the issue tracker on GitLab, and I came > > across issue #6776 ( > > https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6776 ). Though I > > couldn't understand metafont and would more than likely cause damage > > instead of helping if I went the coding route, I can draw the glyphs > > and send .svg files! (I use Inkscape in case that's relevant.) Would > > that help and/or reduce everyone else's work at all? > > Thanks for the offer! Unfortunately, this doesn't help really help. > What's really needed would be the following. > > 1. Scans of down-stem flags. I was browsing scores printed by > Petrucci and I could only find up-stem flags, contrary to later > printers like Dorico (and Dorico seems to use the existing flag > shapes, probably a bit thicker in design). So maybe they don't > exist at all? > > 2. A scan of a two-flag glyph. Again, my quick search didn't find a > single one. > > It would also be helpful to confirm that items 1 or 2 don't exist – we > then are on our own in designing such hypothetical glyphs. > > > Werner >
