Older engravings show each whole rest in multi-bar rests. This is an advantage if horizontal space needs to be conserved. I have used NoteRow.ttf for User Font 1. I don't know where I got it, but it probably came with another program. I will send it to anyone who needs it. Perhaps the relevant glyph could be incorporated into another font that everyone has.
carl@fenwickparva.com
Hi Carl,
I don't have NoteRow so I can't see what you're illustrating, but I imagine you're presenting the long, breve and semibreve rests shown here?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_(music) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_(music))
Thanks for providing an excuse to search for the symbols. I have seen the long rest many times, but never thought to wonder what it meant. It just seemed different.
Hi David,
Thanks for the Wiki reference. That is exactly what I was illustrating. Perhaps the long rest and the breve rest could be added to boxmarks.
I have seen these in some of my wife's band music, usually with a first printing before 1920.
Some examples <here> (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-rests#Full-measure-rests)
I'm working on it. Further discussion in the newsgroup (http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/support.htm). I should be posting a beta font there in a few days.