Re: [mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Typography (was: Capitalization (and placement))

2008-01-31 Thread Lauri Watts
On Feb 1, 2008 5:44 AM, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 31-Jan-08, at 11:18 PM, Brian Schweitzer wrote: > Starting files/directories with a period makes them hidden for Macs, > too. Ending with a period doesn't seem to be a problem though. I'm > cool with replacing ... with … (it's

Re: [mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Typography (was: Capitalization (and placement))

2008-01-31 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 31-Jan-08, at 11:18 PM, Brian Schweitzer wrote: While working on something entirely unrelated, I stumbled onto this, at Wikipedia. Though Musicbrainz is not a wiki, it would seem that if they can do it generally, the distinction between hyphen, dash, en-dash, and em-dash ought to not scare fo

[mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Typography (was: Capitalization (and placement))

2008-01-31 Thread Brian Schweitzer
While working on something entirely unrelated, I stumbled onto this, at Wikipedia. Though Musicbrainz is not a wiki, it would seem that if they can do it generally, the distinction between hyphen, dash, en-dash, and em-dash ought to not scare folks who are dealing with the complexities of CSG... :

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Capitalization (and placement) of types and tempos

2008-01-31 Thread Brian Schweitzer
> But I am a bit shocked after my CD ripper told me yesterday that a > simple one and a half minute Mozart solo piano track is called: > > "Modulating Prelude to Concerto for Piano in F major transitioning to C > major, K. Anh C 15.11/(K3) 626aII/I/KV deest Fr 1765a" [1] > > This title behooves the

[mb-style] Re: Musicbrainz-style Digest, Vol 33, Issue 52

2008-01-31 Thread StoneyBoh
A couple of more points of view from a non-classical editor, who has a few classical CDs: Leiv Hellebo wrote: But I am a bit shocked after my CD ripper told me yesterday that a simple one and a half minute Mozart solo piano track is called: "Modulating Prelude to Concerto for Piano in F major

Re: [mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Typography (was: Capitalization (and placement))

2008-01-31 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
On Jan 31, 2008 5:55 PM, David K. Gasaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We might have a mindset-difference here. I consider what I read right > > now on my computer _is_ type. > Heh. Did you miss the second part of my reply? Nope, I just wasn't sure whether to read the modal verb as curmudgeonry

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Capitalization (and placement) of types and tempos

2008-01-31 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 31-Jan-08, at 4:39 PM, Leiv Hellebo wrote: Aaron Cooper wrote: On 31-Jan-08, at 4:10 AM, Leiv Hellebo wrote: David K. Gasaway wrote: I've been trying (unsuccessfully?) to frame these discussions in the perspective of the average user. My views may or may not be representative, but I'd l

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Capitalization (and placement) of types and tempos

2008-01-31 Thread Leiv Hellebo
Aaron Cooper wrote: On 31-Jan-08, at 4:10 AM, Leiv Hellebo wrote: David K. Gasaway wrote: I've been trying (unsuccessfully?) to frame these discussions in the perspective of the average user. My views may or may not be representative, but I'd like to know that these folks have been given due

Re: [mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Typography (was: Capitalization (and placement))

2008-01-31 Thread David K. Gasaway
Bogdan Butnaru wrote: On Jan 30, 2008 11:30 PM, David K. Gasaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There's not much point in type without print. Well, okay .. things may have evolved slightly since computers. ;) We might have a mindset-difference here. I consider what I read right now on my compute

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Capitalization (and placement) of types and tempos

2008-01-31 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 31-Jan-08, at 4:10 AM, Leiv Hellebo wrote: David K. Gasaway wrote: I've been trying (unsuccessfully?) to frame these discussions in the perspective of the average user. My views may or may not be representative, but I'd like to know that these folks have been given due consideration.

Re: [mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Typography (was: Capitalization (and placement))

2008-01-31 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
On Jan 30, 2008 11:30 PM, David K. Gasaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bogdan Butnaru wrote: > > The "in print" part is not part of the definition. It's the art and > > technique of using type (graphic characters). > There's not much point in type without print. Well, okay .. things may have > e

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Capitalization (and placement) of types and tempos

2008-01-31 Thread Leiv Hellebo
David K. Gasaway wrote: I've been trying (unsuccessfully?) to frame these discussions in the perspective of the average user. My views may or may not be representative, but I'd like to know that these folks have been given due consideration. Me too. On behalf of both me, and others in my h