On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Jan Warchoł <lemniskata.bernoulli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think this is an other issue. Due to rounding, PDF viewers can err >> the placement of the barline by a pixel. This is insolvable, as there >> is no way to hint that the barline should coincide with the staffline, >> yet we need to go the end of the barline to get the correct effect in >> the corners in staves. > > I'd accept this if it were not for the fact that Finale seems to > handle this perfectly. I've never experienced any sticking out > barlines in Finale pdfs, neither on screen nor in print (i can send > you some if you want). Also, the thickness of the stems and barlines > is consistent in Finale pdfs (i.e. it looks like second image from > here http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2007-07/msg00076.html > while Lily output looks like first one). > I'd say that the fact that Finale does something this basic better > than LilyPond is a serious insult to us, given how much Finale sucks > in these matters (for example in flag attachment, see attached). You can make the problem disappear by - hard coding the output to a certain resolution - making the bar go to the middle of the staffline, rather than the outside. both have disadvantages. (what does finale's barline at the end of a staff look like?) -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - han...@xs4all.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
