2013/8/7 David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com>: > I just printed it and compared them side-by-side at the > piano. Unfortunately I have to guess a little bit about absolute sizes, > because I don't have any paper in the house except "Letter" size. With > all due respect for Kieren's skill and work, which I cannot hope even to > match let alone improve on, I really believe (taking the stated goals of > Kieren's project literally) that only detail tweaks have so far been > accomplished, and the general basic appearance is still very very > LilyPond. What I notice is stuff that (to me) sounds like a mixture of > easy things and difficult things: > > - The whole notation font needs to be replaced with a > Henle-look-alike. At the very least, LP's notehead size is much too > small for Henle; but everything else (quarter rests, fermatas, sharps > & flats, and clefs stand out in this example) looks "very LilyPond" as > well. > > - The staff lines, ledger lines, and note stems need to be lightened a > lot. > > - The beams may need to be darkened. (Or maybe they already match, after > lightening the staff lines and stems.) > > - Slurs need to be thinner at the ends and thicker in the middle. > > - The accidentals need to be significantly closer to their > noteheads. (I'm on version 2.17.22 - did something change? I'm getting > excessive white-space between each accidental and its note, in this > template.)
I also wish that accidental spacing would improve - see the resources i've gathered here http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2142 Unfortunately that's not going to happen very soon. One thing we could do for the sake of better Lilypond engraving is to move forward with Tie crusade. best, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
