> Lilypond handles slanted Beams in a geometrically weird way, that
> is, the thickness is not measured as the shortest distance between
> the opposing sides of the boundary, but as vertical distance. This
> results in Beams getting optically thinner and closer the higher the
> slope is. But we can very easily factor this out by adjusting the
> thickness to the slope. In fact if we want to achieve a real
> thickness theta the adjusted thickness would need to be
> theta·sqrt(1 + slope²). See attached an experimental example.
Looks good! However, I don't fully agree with the thickness values in
your experimental example. For very steep angles the beam appears a
little bit too thick IMHO; I think there should be a correction
factor.
Werner
