> On May 1, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Michael Bear via Unicode <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am trying to make a music notation font. It will use the Musical Symbols > block in Unicode (1D100-1D1FF), but, since that block has a bad rep for not > being very complete, I added some extra characters in the unmapped positions > of that block (e.g. U+1D127 inverts the stem of the previous note, U+1D1E9 is > a ledger line, U+1D1EA is the "TAB" clef, U+1D1F0-U+1D1FC position the note > along the staff, etc.) I've had no problem so far, but now I need to do > beamed notes. The Unicode block has control characters for beginning and > ending a series of beamed notes (U+1D173 and U+1D174, respectively), but I'm > not really sure how to add beams to the notes while keeping the pitch intact. > I know I'll obviously need OpenType for this. Slanted beams would be > preferred, but straight beams are acceptable. It will need to support beams > added on for longer notes. Can someone help me with this? > > I had asked this on a High Logic Font Creator forum (here), and someone said > to subscribe to your mailing list and ask you guys. So here I am! Anyway, > help, please?
You might want to acquaint yourself with http://www.smufl.org
