I think Gould's positioning looks _slightly_ better, except at line-beginnings where I definitely prefer lilypond's. Moreover, the position immediately after a bar line is heavily-contested real-estate, as your examples make clear. Therefore it would be good to retain the option to preserve the status quo, especially where convert-ly might otherwise cause skyline changes to existing scores.
> On 15 Nov 2020, at 11:02, Kevin Barry <barr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Developers, > > I am continuing Jean Abou Samra's work on bar number alignment > (https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/447) and would > like to request your comments on the proposed change. There doesn't > seem to be an established standard for aligning bar numbers (see the > various examples posted at the merge request link for some of the > different ways publishers do them), but there did seem to be some > consensus that LilyPond places bar numbers too far to the left. > > Attached is a pdf that shows four different options: how LilyPond does > things currently, Jean's proposal, Elaine Gould's recommendation (from > the book Behind Bars), and an extra option showing things even further > to the right. I would like to hear people's comments: > - if you have a preference for one of the four, please indicate which > - if you prefer something else, please describe it > - please feel free to introduce evidence in the form of hand-engraved > scores or recommendations by authors (e.g. Ted Ross, whose book I > don't have a copy of to consult) > > NB: I am deliberately not addressing the subject of whether or not bar > numbers should be italicised; I intend to request the list's opinions on > that after this merge request is dealt with. > > Thanks all (especially Jean Abou, who did the hard work) > > Kevin > <mr447.pdf>
