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ABOUT SHPFLTNAT FONT VERSION 1.8 (June 22, 1989)
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This package should contain the following files:
Shpfl -- a downloadable postscript font
Shpfltnat.bmap -- Macintosh screen version of the Shpfltnat font in sizes 12,
14, 18, 24 and 36
Read me Shpfltnat 1.8 -- the file you are reading (if you can read) in Optima
12.
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I originally created the shpfltnat font simply to have nice-looking sharps,
flats, and naturals in my dissertation, which is laser printed. Adobe's Sonata
font has great-looking musical characters, but the ascending and descending
values are so great that using simple sharps, flats, and naturals in the middle
of double-spaced 12-point text turns the line spacing into something like
quintuple spacing. Yucko. So I created Shpfltnat in order to have these
characters for my dissertation, and added some other characters: whole, half,
quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and rests (stems up and stems down), common
and cut time symbols, and a fermata.
For version 1.1, directional arrows (to outline gestural shapes), a dot (to
follow note values), beamed eighth and sixteenth notes, and two squiggles were
added.
For the Version 1.2, Roman numerals both upper-and lower case (for so-called
Roman numeral analysis), the numbers 1 through 8 with carats over them (to
denote scale degrees in Schenkerian analysis), and a few symbols for tonal
analysis: super- and subscripted sharps and flats, diminished and half-
diminished symbols, and diminished and half-diminished symbols followed by a
superscripted '7.'
Version 1.2.1 added hearts (for Valentines Day).
Version 1.2.2 added Hauptstimme, Nebenstimme, and ChoraleHaupstimme signs.
Version 1.3 added snap pizzicato, bowing, slurs, various accents, and a smile
face and frown face.
Version 1.4 added coda sign, bar lines, trill stuff, Rhythmic Haupstimme sign
and beam extenders.
Version 1.5 added various other arrows, mordents, tremolandi and miscellaneous
characters.
Version 1.6 added card suits and various repeating patterns and other dingbats.
Version 1.7 added minims, D.S., Pedal signs, recording copyright signs and a
few other dingbats.
Version 1.8 added thirty time signatures, bringing the total number of
characters to exactly 200. The current version has just about all the text
characters needed for scholarly writings on music. Future versions will not be
available as shareware.
Shpfltnat 1.8 was created with Fontographer from Altsys. Version 1.8 is the
LAST to be released as shareware. An IBM PC version is published by ATECH
Software, Carlsbad, California.
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For the great unwashed, here is how to use the enclosed font:
1) Copy the file 'Shpfl' into the system folder of your startup disk.
2) Install the fonts in the file 'Shpfltnat.bmap' into your system file using
Font/DA mover. You need only install the sizes you intend to use (no matter
what size you use and no matter how crappola it looks on screen, it will print
out smoothly on a PostScript⌐ printer).
3) Use the font in your application and print away on your PostScript⌐ printer.
(Shpfltnat is not at all recommended for use on an ImageWriter or any other
non-PostScript⌐ printer)
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Version 1.8 of Shpfltnat is Shareware -- i.e., NOT free. If you decide to use
and/or keep Shpfltnat, you are obliged to send a tax-deductible contribution of
at least $10.01 to the Columbia University Music Department, 703 Dodge Hall,
Columbia University, New York, NY 10025. If you do not erase all copies of
Shpfltnat 1.8 within two weeks after receiving a copy, you MUST send the check.
Note that over 700 downloads of versions 1.0 through 1.6 generated exactly
three checks, and I'm sick of the cheapness of users - f'God's sake, it's a tax
deductible expense!
Shpfltnat version 1.8 is ⌐ by me: David Rakowski, 51 Big Tree Way, Woodside,
CA 94062-3707: after August 1, 1989, I am at 605 W. 113th St. #73, New York,
NY 10025. Contact me to tell me I've changed your life utterly and/or to get my
address for inclusion in your will, but do not make any more suggestions. I am
RAKMAN on GEnie and 73240,3060 on Compuserve. Shareware distibutors, you have
permission to distribute this font, but please note: the ONLY letter
capitalized in the name of the font is the initial S (it is not called
ShpFltNat). Permission is granted to copy and distribute this font as long as
all three files listed at the top of this document are included. Scholarly
published documents that use Shpfltnat MUST contain an acknowledgement
regarding the font and its author.
Shpfltnat 1.8 comes to you from Bytes-From-The-Redwoods '89. So there.
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Following are maps of the keycaps of Shpfltnat 1.7:
[ The original Mac document included a set of images of the keymaps of ]
[ this font. To view these images double-click on: ReadMeShpfltnat1.8.pic ]
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Here is a description of the characters of the font:
LOWER-CASE LETTERS
- hyphen
s sharp
f flat
n natural
t treble clef
b bass clef
a alto (tenor) clef
w whole note
0 (zero) square minim
g round minim
h half note (stem up)
q quarter note
e eighth note
x sixteenth note
d dot (to dot a stem up note)
r grace note (stem up)
c Common time
v dal segno sign
u upbow sign
p snap pizzicato ("Bartÿk pizzicato) sign
i circled P, non-serif
o circled P, non-serif, superscripted
j circled P, serif
k circled P, superscripted
l Open heart
z 5-pointed star
m word balloon
= a length of 5-line staff that can be extended indefinitely through typing
/ a squiggly line made of straight line segments
, (comma) short tie connecting stem up notes
. (period) short tie connecting stem down notes
; (semicolon) Piano depress pedal marking
' (apostrophe) Piano release pedal marking
[ (left bracket) high accent
] (right bracket) low accent
1 arrow pointing up (north)
2 arrow pointing NE
3 arrow pointing right (east)
4 arrow pointing SE
5 arrow pointing down (south)
6 arrow pointing SW
7 arrow pointing left (west)
8 arrow pointing NW
y 2/2 time signature
` (tilde) 7/8 time signature
9 3/2 time signature
\ smile face
UPPER CASE LETTERS
- Slash
C Cut time
F double flat
S double sharp
W whole note
G round minim
) square minim
H half note (stem down)
Q quarter note
E eighth note
X sixteenth note
D dot (to dot a stem down note)
R grace note (stem down)
U downbow sign
O coda sign
B trill sign
N continue trill
M end trill
L filled heart
< crescendo
> diminuendo (or decrescendo)
{ (left brace) wedge accent for stem down note
} (right brace) wedge accent for stem down note
| (shift-backslash) frown face
? Squiggly curved line
shift-1 through shift-8 -- numbers 1 through 8 with carats over them (Schenkerian scale degree notation)
~ (tilde) 8/8 time signature
( 9/8 time signature
+ 2/4 time signature
T 3/4 time signature
Y 4/4 time signature
I 5/4 time signature
P 6/4 time signature
A 7/4 time signature
J 2/8 time signature
K 3/8 time signature
: 4/8 time signature
" 5/8 time signature
Z 6/8 time signature
V 12/8 time signature
OPTION LETTERS
option-1 through option-7 -- lower case Roman numerals
option-8 diminished symbol
option-9 diminished 7 symbol
option-f subscripted flat
option-s subscripted sharp
option-z beginning of beamed eighth note group
option-x middle of beamed eighth note group
option-c end of beamed eighth note group
option-d eighth note group beam extender
option-v beginning of beamed sixteenth note group
option-b middle of beamed sixteenth note group
option-m end of beamed sixteenth note group
option-j sixteenth note group beam extender
option-h Haupstimme sign
option-r Rhythmic Haupstimme sign
option-n/n Nebenstimme sign
option-t measure repeat
option-a the font author's startling visage
option-k club (card suit)
option-l diamond (card suit)
option-semicolon heart (card suit)
option-apostrophe spade (card suit)
option-q separator dingbat
option-w separator dingbat, twice as wide as option-q
option-, (option-comma) long tie for stem up note
option-. (option-period) long tie for stem down note
option-[ hat accent for stem down note
option-] hat accent for stem up note
option-0 (option-zero) end of Haupstimme or Nebenstimme
option-\ bar line
option-/ double bar
option-p big dot
option-g waves (repeatable pattern)
option-y checkerboard repeatable pattern
option-o stacked diamonds repeatable pattern
option-dash stacked dots repeatable pattern
option-equal sign stacked triangles repeatable pattern
SHIFT-OPTION LETTERS
shift-option 1 through 7 -- upper case Roman numerals
shift-option 8 half-diminished symbol
shift-option 9 half-diminished 7 symbol
shift-option 0 mordent
shift-option-dash broken mordent
shift-option-equal long mordebt
shift-option F fermata
shift-option W whole rest
shift-option H half rest
shift-option Q quarter rest
shift-option E eighth rest
shift-option X sixteenth rest
shift-option C ChoraleHaupstimme sign
shift-option F superscripted flat
shift-option S superscripted sharp
shift-option R the monogram of the font's author
shift-option T speaker icon with sound emanating
shift-option Y turn
shift-option U "Haupt-Ritmicus" sign
shift-option I tremolo lower note to higher note
shift-option O tremolo higher note to lower note
shift-option P octave of a piano keyboard, C up to B
shift-option J two arrows diverging from close to spaced
shift-option K two arrows converging from spaced to close
shift-option L curved arrow going up then back down
shift-option-semicolon curved arrow going down then back up
shift-option curved arrows diverging then converging
shift-option-[ repeat sign, beginning
shift-option-] repeat sign
shift-option-comma Schoenberg "unaccented note" notation
shift-option-period Schoenberg "emphasized note" notation
shift-option-\ dotted bar line
shift-option-/ dotted double bar
shift-option Z measures rest
shift-option V sine wave repeatable pattern
shift-option N stacked rectangles repeatable pattern
shift-option B Fermata sign.
shift-option A 3/16 time signature
shift-option D 5/16 time signature
shift-option G 6/16 time signature
shift-option M 7/16 time signature
DIACRITICAL CHARACTERS (that don't show up on keyboard maps)
option-e/a (ç) 9/16 time signature
option-e/e (Ä) 11/16 time signature
option-e/i (Æ) 12/16 time signature
option-e/o (ù) 13/16 time signature
option-e/u (£) 15/16 time signature
option-`/a (ê) 1/2 time signature
option-`/e (Å) 1/4 time signature
option-`/i (ô) 1/8 time signature
option-`/o (ÿ) 1/16 time signature
option-n/n (û) Nebenstimme
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NOTES ON REPEATING CHARACTERS:
Several characters in the font are set up for printing repeating patterns. Most
notable among them is the extended trill, using characters B, N and M; B begins
the trill, N makes repeating squiggles, and M tails off the trill. Shift-option
P repeated again and again will make a continuous piano keyboard. A length of
musical staff will be formed by repeating the equal key. Several other
repeating patterns such as waves, boxes and triangles are evident in the
keyboard maps.
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USERS OF EARLIER VERSIONS PLEASE NOTE: the fermata sign has been moved from
shift-option f to shift-option b ("birdseye"). This was done to make room for
the superscripted flat sign.