Re: Enlarge the size of the accidentals in figured bass

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 7/12/08 4:58 PM, "Neil Puttock" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2008/7/12 Carl Sorensen <address@hidden>:
>
>> So, figured bass experts, here's your opportunity to chime in:
>
>> 1.  Do you want the accidental size increased?
>
> Based on practicalities rather than knowledge (it was only a minor
> part of my studies at college), I'll have to say no, unless you're
> prepared to spend time tweaking the function; changing the fontsize
> messes with the accidental positioning.

Spending a bit of time tweaking the function doesn't bother me.  It is
relatively easy work, and just requires a bit of time.

>
>> 2.  Do you want the figure number font changed?
>
> Ideally, yes. It is rather heavy looking.
>
> It would also be good to have glyphs for 2, 4 and 5 with crosses
> instead of the rather ugly plus sign after the number (though this
> would naturally require some changes to the formatting function).

I will not do new glyphs.  That's more involved than I want to get.



Thanks for your input.

Carl