About fonts, some years ago Jörg Hudelmaier posted some informations about
his notation project:
http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/comment/51724#Comment_51724

GregEdit <http://gregorian.soft.free.fr/> also has a neumes font.

You might also have a look at the NEUMES project <
http://www.scribeserver.com/NEUMES/>.

Olivier
Le 20 juin 2013 12:19, "Boris Maire" <ma...@club.fr> a écrit :

>
>
> Is it possible to set an information in the header of the GABC file to
> specifie wether it is gregorian or another notation used ?
>
> Rdgs,
> Boris
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Élie Roux" <elie.r...@telecom-bretagne.eu>
> À: "Jacques Peron" <abbe.jacques.pe...@gmail.com>
> Cc: "gregorio-users" <gregorio-users@gna.org>
> Envoyé: Jeudi 20 Juin 2013 11:33:24
> Objet: Re: [Gregorio-users] Brainstorming about ancient chant notation
>
> Dear Father,
>
> > I agree with Mr. Maire : though it isn't absolutely necessary, for an
> > average choir to sing well, to have old neumatic notation, it is
> > something really interesting for those who want to go further.
>
> This is a good formulation!
>
> > I'd think something like that, too : creating a new file format (or two
> > ? see further), "nabc" or other, that would include the ancient
> > notation, and that could be combined with gabc to produce scores.
>
> Ok, this is the most simple way I think!
>
> > Those notations are similar, but I think there are (at least in some
> > cases) enough differences to think about having two files for the same
> > chant : one for St Gall, the other for Laon.
>
> Ok.
>
> > I'd be, as soon as I'm able to !
>
> Great, thank you very much!
>
> > I'd have time only in the beginning of August, then in September (more
> > or less).
>
> Ok.
>
> > For now, I don't think so. With documentation and a bit of time, I could
> > try, at least contributing. I already modified existing caracters in
> > fontforge, worked a little with inkscape, but I didn't ever design a
> > font from scratch.
>
> In fact it's not that difficult to create a font from scratch, it's much
> more difficult to create a beautiful font from scratch though, and I
> have to say I have no talent for this...
>
> I know the Meinrad Abbey has some fonts with ancient neumes, but they do
> not distribute them. I someone in contact with them?
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Elie
>
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