The <other-direction> element

Parent element: <direction-type>

The <other-direction> element is used to define any <direction> symbols not yet in the MusicXML format. The smufl attribute can be used to specify a particular direction symbol, allowing application interoperability without requiring every SMuFL glyph to have a MusicXML element equivalent. Using the <other-direction> element without the smufl attribute allows for extended representation, though without application interoperability.

Content

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Attributes

Name	Type	Required?	Description
color	color	No	Indicates the color of an element.
default-x	tenths	No	Changes the computation of the default horizontal position. The origin is changed relative to the start of the entire current measure, at either the left barline or the start of the system. Positive x is right and negative x is left. This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the <offset> element. Applications reading a MusicXML file that can understand both features should generally rely on this attribute for its greater accuracy.
default-y	tenths	No	Changes the computation of the default vertical position. The origin is changed relative to the top line of the staff. Positive y is up and negative y is down. This attribute provides higher-resolution positioning data than the placement attribute. Applications reading a MusicXML file that can understand both attributes should generally rely on this attribute for its greater accuracy.
font-family	font-family	No	A comma-separated list of font names.
font-size	font-size	No	One of the CSS sizes or a numeric point size.
font-style	font-style	No	Normal or italic style.
font-weight	font-weight	No	Normal or bold weight.
halign	left-center-right	No	In cases where text extends over more than one line, horizontal alignment and justify values can be different. The most typical case is for credits, such as: Words and music by Pat Songwriter Typically this type of credit is aligned to the right, so that the position information refers to the right-most part of the text. But in this example, the text is center-justified, not right-justified. The halign attribute is used in these situations. If it is not present, its value is the same as for the justify attribute. For elements where a justify attribute is not allowed, the default is implementation-dependent.
id	ID	No	Specifies an ID that is unique to the entire document.
print-object	yes-no	No	Specifies whether or not to print an object. It is yes if not specified.
relative-x	tenths	No	Changes the horizontal position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-x attribute. Positive x is right and negative x is left. It should be interpreted in the context of the <offset> element or directive attribute if those are present.
relative-y	tenths	No	Changes the vertical position relative to the default position, either as computed by the individual program, or as overridden by the default-y attribute. Positive y is up and negative y is down. It should be interpreted in the context of the placement attribute if that is present.
smufl	smufl-glyph-name	No	Indicates a particular Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) character using its canonical glyph name. Sometimes this is a formatting choice, and sometimes this is a refinement of the semantic meaning of an element.
valign	valign	No	Indicates vertical alignment to the top, middle, bottom, or baseline of the text. The default is implementation-dependent.