Web design wise, I don't need help. If a new branch could be created that would be great. I can also work in github.
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:10 PM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Shane Brandes <sh...@grayskies.net> writes: > >> I gave John yesterday the opportunity to defend his choice of sans >> serif font in a private email. Now that that box has been opened >> publicly I will comment. > > Man, you make it sound as if he defiled the grave of Hermann Zapf. > >> Sans versus Serif is an annoying discussion both styles have their >> place. Sans has been around 200 years and serif fonts since 1465. The >> argument about screen resolution versus paper, is rapidly becoming >> irrelevant with advances in screen technology. > > 600 dpi high contrast screens are not yet commonplace. > >> Although I expect people that grew up during the depression drinking >> ersatz coffee might not enjoy the complexities of the real thing. It >> might be the fixation with sans fonts are also the remnants of fadish >> rebellion to the establishment left over from the post WWII era. > > Let's not forget that the Nazis abolished Fraktur for Antiqua merely so > that their proclamations could be better read in the occupied countries. > > I think it's time to switch back to ersatz coffee and get down the > general blood pressure. > >> Anyway, given the fact that Lilypond is trying to give the user the >> best possible music printing, it is my belief that the choice of >> typography should reflect that as a well and not give off the scent of >> our current throwaway society. Yep much stronger opinions on that than >> I initially thought. So feel free to disagree. > > I feel we are not arguing at a level here where agreement or > disagreement makes any sense with regard to arriving at a consensus. > > -- > David Kastrup > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- John Roper Freelance Developer and Simulation Artist Boston, MA USA http://jmroper.com/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user