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benwiggy / GoldenAge

A SMuFL update to a handwritten style of music font.
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Add copyable characters etc to boxed text section #3

Closed ClarSco closed 1 year ago

ClarSco commented 1 year ago

Add copyable characters etc to boxed text section

Added copyable characters along with their Unicode name and code to help users to either copy and paste the relevant characters from the README or to enable them to use Unicode entry to input them.

Known issues:

- Windows users will still need to look up the relevant ALT codes or modify
  the registry to allow Unicode-style keyboard entry.
- Could not find the correct "Delta" to end a Complete Box using Dorico Pro 4.2.0.1092, so left a placeholder instead.
benwiggy commented 1 year ago

Sorry -- can you explain what it is you've done? I'm not sure I understand.

Dorico 4.2 has Borders in the Paragraph Style dialog, to produce boxes around text, in any case; so the need for 'faking' boxes with zero-width glyphs is reduced.

ClarSco commented 1 year ago

All I've done is change the README so that it displays tables that contain the actual characters that are used when creating boxed text, along with unicode information and an example string.

This is a lot more user friendly than having to copy the text name for the appropriate character and find it online or through the system CharMap so that it can be used in a score.

Previously, if I wanted to add a Bottomless Box, I'd have to:

  1. Find the README
  2. Copy "Guillemot Left" and search for that character
  3. Discover that "Guillemot" is a type of bird and that I actually wanted a "Guillemet"
  4. Either find a Left Guillemet to copy or look up how to enter it by keyboard
  5. Paste or enter the « into the notation software.

With my change, this becomes:

  1. Find the README
  2. Copy the « character from the table
  3. Enter it where I need it

The other information is just there to document exactly which Unicode character is being used, which is helpful both for reference and to make keyboard entry easier whereever Unicode entry is enabled.

I have left placeholder values for the "Complete Box" Right Edge, as none of the many Unicode "Delta" characters produced the output I was expecting.

benwiggy commented 1 year ago

Ah. Amusingly, the Unicode standard does use the bird spelling!

Thanks for the suggestion.