Accessing Glyphs in the Edit Accidental Window

composerjude · May 30, 2020, 4:29pm

I am trying to access glyphs in the November2 music font in the edit accidental window using the range menu. When I open the range drop down menu I see a list of categories that are based upon the SMuFL unicode categories. (See images.)

If the glyphs are not categorized into the standard SMuFL unicode ranges, how do I access those glyphs?

Thanks,
Jude

fkretlow · May 30, 2020, 4:42pm

I’m not in front of Dorico, but I believe you should be able to get them into the editor as text rather than as glyphs – provided they’re mapped to unicode code points.

composerjude · May 30, 2020, 6:37pm

Thank you,

I just tried using the “text” option (instead of “glyph” or “graphic”), and for the style then I select “font.november2” but I can’t figure out how to indicate precise unicode point. I have entered the unicode (U+F5F2, for example) into the “Enter text here” field, but it only creates the literal text I enter, the unicode designation. (See screenshot.)

fkretlow · May 30, 2020, 7:20pm

Yes, you’ll need a way to input unicode characters.

I’m not on a Mac so I can’t help you there, but maybe this part of the Bravura docs can help?

github.com

steinbergmedia/bravura/blob/master/redist/bravura-text.md

# An introduction to using Bravura Text

*Version 1.1, 30 October 2015*

Bravura Text is a [SMuFL-compliant] [1] font containing musical symbols intended for use in text-based applications such as word processors, text editors, desktop publishers, and it can also be used on the web.

Bravura Text is licensed under the [SIL Open Font License] [2], which means it is free to use, redistribute, and modify, but please do respect the conditions set out in the license.

## Glyph repertoire
Bravura Text is a reference implementation for SMuFL, the Standard Music Font Layout, and as such contains all of the symbols defined in the SMuFL specification. [Download the SMuFL specification] [3] for a complete list of the symbols in Bravura Text, including a description and code point.

SMuFL uses the Private Use Area of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (U+E000 through U+FFFF) to encode all of the included symbols. This means that the symbols cannot be typed by using the alphanumeric keys on your computer's keyboard on their own.

## Setting up for Unicode input
Detailed instructions for how to enable Unicode input on all operating systems are beyond the scope of this document. SIL provides [an excellent page] [4] with links to information and tools for Windows, OS X and Linux. In this document some basic instructions are included, but you may need to refer to other resources for help with your operating system and application of choice.

### Windows
There are multiple ways to type Unicode characters on Windows. Here are three methods you can try:

#### Method 1: hexadecimal input followed by `Alt`

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composerjude · May 30, 2020, 8:49pm

Thank you. This solves the problem.

Although not as well as if November2 glyphs mapped more closely to the SMuFL categories. This will be a lot slower.

Again, thank you for the help; it’s greatly appreciated.

Jude

fkretlow · May 30, 2020, 9:17pm

Those accidentals, are they included in the SMuFL specification? If so, I would raise the issue with Robert Piéchaud: November claims to be SMuFL compliant after all.

Otherwise I’d argue that Dorico needs a way to access any given Unicode glyph anyway…

composerjude · May 31, 2020, 6:58pm

There are glyphs in November 2 that have corresponding glyphs in Bravura, but they don’t occupy the same unicode location. November 2 doesn’t really organize its glyphs the same way as Bravura does:

I sent Robert Piéchaud an email about this issue. Thank you again for your help.