Hi all,

Thanks so much for your feedback. As I suspected there were issues you
raised that I never would have picked up on my own. I really appreciate
your time and expertise.

Craig


On Wed Feb 18 2015 at 8:45:05 PM Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> wrote:

> Am 18.02.2015 um 03:30 schrieb Craig Dabelstein:
> > Hi Lilyponders,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is an appropriate request for the group, but I was
> > wondering if anybody had the time to look at a sample part I have
> > typeset and make any comments regarding the typesetting. There may be
> > many things here that an experienced typesetter may see that need
> > improvement, but my eyes don't pick up.
> >
> > Here is the link:
> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/614749/Berlioz-02-piccolo.pdf
> >
> > I do think the part looks a little bit compressed, but I have used the
> > page turn engraver (which I think is one of the greatest inventions of
> > the modern world!) for instrumental parts such as these.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Craig
> >
>
> Hi Craig, there's one (minor) issue for readability that I notice. It's
> not your fault but LilyPond's but you may search for a way to improve it
> nevertheless.
>
> When tuplet number happen to fall into a staff they are not clearly
> readable. Probably it doesn't matter too much because you don't actually
> _read_ them anyway but just notice that they are there.
> Especially problematic is when they fall exactly in a staff space as in
> m. 134ff. where the extenders of the number coincide with the staff lines.
>
> I'm not sure about the best treat, however. Some ideas:
>
> - moving the numbers
> - using whiteout
> - selecting a heavier font face
>
> I don't see a real treat for it, but you may take it as some input.
>
> HTH
> Urs
>
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