Re: Stem lenghts

2009-05-11 Thread Pekka Siponen
Not really. The problem with this sample is that this Eulenburg edition is far too small to really show high typography. While it leads the eye well, it exhibits far too much other typographical defects, for example the second and last beam, both presenting those small white triangles which

Re: Stem lenghts

2009-05-11 Thread Pekka Siponen
And some more. inline: Bizet.pnginline: Pierne.png___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Re: Stem lenghts

2009-05-11 Thread Pekka Siponen
Here is some more bad typography from major publishers. All of them have it. inline: mozart.pnginline: debussy.png___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Stem lenghts

2009-05-10 Thread Pekka Siponen
and the fourth beat stem is too short. Attached is the lilypond output. Example: \relative c'' { d8 c c4 d16 c b8 b4 } -Pekka Siponen inline: stem.png___ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond

Re: Stem lenghts

2009-05-10 Thread Pekka Siponen
My point is that the stem lenghts should lead the eye: if the note goes down the stem goes down, if the note stays the same the stem stays the same. Ross book maybe a good starting point to this. My original example would be fine if the phrase ended on the first beat, but it is supposed to

Chord (suffix) typography

2009-05-09 Thread Pekka Siponen
Music Notation, page 411 (it didn't fit as an attachment). It has also a flat for comparison. Also, in my preference the default chords should be the same type as lyrics (serif). It is not good to mix sans and serif for no apparent reason. -Pekka Siponen chordfonts.pdf Description: Adobe PDF

Large gap problem with chords: Volta brackets and rehearsal marks

2009-04-02 Thread Pekka Siponen
I'm not top posting. This is a beauty problem when using chords. The volta brackets come above the chords as should be, but the white space between the brackets gets too large for my taste.. Maybe if the chords could shift sideways a little when used with volta brackets? Thus the bracket line

Chords below and above the staff

2009-03-24 Thread Pekka Siponen
I'm not top posting. In the notation reference: 2.7.2 Displaying chords, is a snippet for a simple lead sheet: \chords { c2 g:sus4 f e } \relative c'' { a4 e c8 e r4 b2 c4( d) } \addlyrics { One day this shall be free __ } Why does the following shift the chords below the