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The <symbol> element

Parent element: <direction-type>

The symbol element specifies a musical symbol using a canonical SMuFL glyph name. It is used when an occasional musical symbol is interspersed into text. It should not be used in place of semantic markup, such as metronome marks that mix text and symbols. Left justification is used if not specified. Enclosure is none if not specified.

Content

smufl-glyph-name

Attributes

Name Type Required? Description
color color No
default-x tenths No
default-y tenths No
dir text-direction No
enclosure enclosure-shape No
font-family font-family No
font-size font-size No
font-style font-style No
font-weight font-weight No
halign left-center-right No
id xs:ID No
justify left-center-right No
letter-spacing number-or-normal No
line-height number-or-normal No
line-through number-of-lines No
overline number-of-lines No
relative-x tenths No
relative-y tenths No
rotation rotation-degrees No
underline number-of-lines No
valign valign No

Examples

This element is used in the following example:

<symbol>