Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanw...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:57 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > >>>> From what i see, the skylines are now more precise than they need to >>>> be - every glyph has a skyline of 10 or so boxes, even if it's a >>>> single letter! (see attached) >>>> I think the proper solution would be to: >>>> a) set minimal "step" size to 0.2 staffspace (or more in case of >>>> bigger objects) >>>> b) change outlines from "stairs" to glued lines (what Joe suggested). >>>> This would allow for even less "fragments" for each skyline. >>> >>> It's neat that you are generating such precise skylines, but can you >>> show places where this makes an appreciable difference for texts? >> >> Well, it is again an issue of "incest tabu" where the details of the >> combining skylines make best sense for combining _heterogenous_ >> elements: for arranging text with text, you don't want to have things >> get too closely or even interleaved. But having a single high letter >> "interlock" with a note stem can improve the overall arrangement. > > Exactly my point: you can fix the single letter case with a single > bbox per glyph. Why do you need more accuracy than single box per > glyph?
Because a "q" does not have its descender stick out in the middle over the full breadth. For collision avoidance, it is good for at least two boxes. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
