From: Gabriel Ellsworth <[email protected]>
ledger lines that gradually widen out as the eye moves upward away from the staffa half note head centered under the whole note head (or at least closer to centered under it) No book on typesetting has ever suggested widening the leger lines away from the staff (and to my mind it's ugly). Vertical alignment of note heads is not mentioned in any book I've looked for it in; but all the examples use left-alignment rather than centre-alignment. I can see the appeal of centre-alignment, but in complex music even slight departures from the established left-alignment can make fast reading a little less certain. But as I mentioned before, the font has a real effect on this. Paul
