> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Jan WarchoĊ wrote: > >> I'm not experienced with PostScript, but i have an impression that >> this may be related to an issue discussed earlier - see here >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-07/msg00485.html >> and here >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2007-07/msg00072.html >> I see that something about draw_round_box was said there... > > I think this is an other issue. Due to rounding, PDF viewers can err > the placement of the barline by a pixel. This is insolvable, as there > is no way to hint that the barline should coincide with the staffline, > yet we need to go the end of the barline to get the correct effect in > the corners in staves. > > The one-pixel error is very noticeable on-screen due to > low-resolution, but on a 1200dpi printer, a single dot error is about > 0.02 mm, ie. not noticeable.
I can assure you this is the same issue and not a rounding error. I've also found a way to reliably reproduce the problem, and a work-around. I've always been frustrated that my printed output has these huge bar lines, while the on-screen preview (evince on Ubuntu) looks fine. I've found that if I preview in evince (where it looks good), select File->Print and print to a .ps file, then open that .ps file in evince, the bar lines have become obnoxiously fat again. The work-around is to change /draw_round_box in ps/music-drawing-routines.ps as indicated in prior emails to avoid rectstroke with a 0.0 linewidth, the behavior of which is device dependent. After applying that fix tonight, I have for the first time produce printed (on paper) bar lines thinner than 1pt, and I am very happy. Now, if I can just find a way to left-align the first lyrics in each system I'll have nothing left to complain about. :) -- Todd _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
