Re: lilypond authors, release notes, announcements

[Alexander Kobel]

On 2011-01-05 11:09, James wrote:
> Marc,
> 
> On 05/01/2011 09:50, Marc Hohl wrote:
>> My contribution to fonts was the rotation of the G clef and the varsegno
>> sign
>> (which nobody seems to use, anyway ;-)
> 
> Au contraire mon amis!
> 
> I use the varsegno glyph at the slightest opportunity!

Dito.

> It helps the 'beginners' (I find) that I play with as it seems to be
> much more easy to spot for them that are not used to jumping about in a
> score, than the regular segno.

Additionally, sometimes I think it's far more easily to integrate in the
overall design than the usual symbol.  Yours takes no precious vertical
space, and I don't have to bother with shifting around till it's at the
best place.

> I am sure that I am breaking some engraving 'rule' but it's a nice glyph.

I've seen it in Bosworth & Co. scores only, but they seem to use it
exclusively instead of the common shape.
But I also made up the habit of telling the ones I hand my scores out to
that I use a unusual symbol for d'al segno, to avoid irritations.


Cheers,
Alexander