Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes: >> Are there any guidelines LilyPond adheres to for creating bounding >> boxes? > > No. > >> For example, when I adjusted the bbox for the \eyeglasses markup >> command, I _underestimated_ the bbox. Should I have slightly >> _overestimated_ instead? Attached is a PNG displaying the bbox. > > I think overestimation is better. > >> Also, in the case of Metafont glyphs, there doesn't appear to be a >> clear convention: some bounding boxes are underestimated, but others >> are overestimated. > > What you call `bounding boxes' aren't real bboxes but the metrics > boxes of the glyphs. In case of the bass clef, for example, the top > shape is treated as with many other rounded glyphs in normal fonts: > The `overshoot' sticks out. On the other hand, the height has been > enlarged so that it covers the staff vertically.
One has to keep in mind that Metafont does not permit more than 16 different heights per font (something like that, I don't remember the exact details). -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
