Why do Coda and Segno has symbols, while the jumps to them is always spelled with letters?
Segno has the symbol and Coda has the symbol . Ok, barely visible, but I thought it was funny that unicode symbols for these actually exist.
But as far as I know, there are no symbols for D.C., D.S., D.C. al Coda and such. Is this true? If so, is there a historic or maybe even a good reason for this? And why aren't they shortened even more? "D.C. al Coda" and "D.C. al Fine" could be just "D.C.C" and "D.C.F."
I would understand it for things that are fairly rare, but these constructs exist in almost all arrangements.
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Coda has a sign. Segno has a sign. DC means go to the top/beginning. Da Capo. As easy as having a sign. DS means go to the segno sign. But is there much or any point. It wouldn't help if it was a different sign.And 'al' means 'to', which is an instruction that's clear. Hardly worth re-inventing the wheel for.
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