On Sunday, August 9, 2015, Phil Holmes-2 [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n179401...@n5.nabble.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tisimst" <[hidden email] > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=179401&i=0>> > To: <[hidden email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=179401&i=1>> > > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 5:08 PM > Subject: Re: Music glyph design choices > > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:03 PM, Werner LEMBERG [via Lilypond] < > > [hidden email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=179401&i=2>> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > 1. accidentals.flatflat: Why is the left flat more compressed than > >> > the right? Perhaps if the left were expanded slightly and the right > >> > were compressed slightly, then the glyph width wouldn't have to > >> > change, but would look more consistent. > >> > >> Hmm. I don't think this glyph looks inconsistent... > >> > > > > Here's what I meant. In the following image, we see two normal flats > > superimposed (in green) on top of the doubleflat glyph (in black). The > > stems are matched up to show what I'm referring to as being > inconsistent: > > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > > I hope this makes it more obvious what I'm seeing. The "left" flat is > much > > more compressed than the "right" one in the doubleflat. That's all I'm > > saying. It would seem better to me to at least have the the left counter > > look more like the right one. Like I said before, I'm not saying it is > > inherently wrong (nor the green version "right"), but it seems like the > > two > > sides to the glyph could look more similar. Maybe I'm the only one who > > notices this. > > I don't have double flat examples from real music, but can show what > Sibelius, Bravura, and Elaine Gould offer. These are similar to your > suggestion. It would be interesting to try to find some real-world > examples > from published scores. > > Gould also says: "double flat: two flat signs are placed together and > (usually) touching". This also implies they should be similar or the same. > I agree with Gould, but I would follow what she says more than what she shows in the book since she uses Sibelius' default Opus font for all the music instead of real engraving punches. - Abraham -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Music-glyph-design-choices-tp179329p179403.html Sent from the Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
