Hi Simon, none of these slopes are extreme enough to really make a difference.
Am Freitag, 25. März 2022, 14:21:12 CET schrieb Simon Albrecht: > Hi everyone, > > On 25/03/2022 01:44, Valentin Petzel wrote: > > Hello, > > > > 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. > > > > Cheers, > > Valentin > > I think this is a great idea. IMO, the way to think about it should be: > slanted beams shouldn’t appear any less weighty than horizontal ones. > It’s not easy to find very obvious examples, but I attach four versions > of a bar from Grieg in which both beams seem equally thick. > > I agree with others that the distances between multiple beams don’t seem > good in your mockup. It’s certainly important to preserve the qualities > of the beam quanting that Lily does, but I don’t know how the > intricacies of that would play out. > > Best, Simon
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