% Flags pointing down cannot overlap with the notehead in y-direction,
% so they have less slant.
-%
% Because of optical illusion, the utmost flag (bottom for
% down-pointing, top for up-pointing) should be smaller than the other
-% flags. Adobe Sonata doesn't do this correctly. (Instead they have an
-% extension flag. Yuck)
+% flags. Adobe Sonata doesn't do this correctly. (Instead they have
+% an extension flag, which looks less elegant)
%
save hip_thickness, foot_thickness;
y_mirror_char;
fet_endchar;
+% ustem?
+%
+%
+% Stem characters so we can compose metronome markings with Feta
+% entirely.
+%
+
+fet_beginchar("stem (up)", "stem", "stem")
+ set_char_box(stemthickness#/2, stemthickness#/2, 0, 3.5staff_space#);
+ pickup pencircle scaled stemthickness;
+ draw (0, 0.2staff_space) .. (0, 3.5staff_space);
+fet_endchar;
+
+% do we want this?
+fet_beginchar("stem (down)", "dstem", "dstem")
+ set_char_box(stemthickness#/2, stemthickness#/2, 3.5staff_space#, 0);
+ pickup pencircle scaled stemthickness;
+ draw (0, -0.2staff_space) .. (0, -3.5staff_space);
+fet_endchar;
+
+
fet_endgroup("flags");