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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 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
