Tim Reeves <tim.ree...@tokamerica.com> writes: >>"LilyPond's focus is creating good, readable scores. That's what > typography is about. Not creating visual artworks. The boundary > conditions for bulk manufacturing work (like engraving once was) are not > that dissimilar: skilled and effective workers are not the same as > artists. Typography is about rendering the content, not being it." > > > There are obviously some different philosophies at play here, but the line > between "good, readable scores" and "visual artworks" is at least a little > fuzzy, isn't it?
"Good, readable scores" is the boundary condition. Meeting it with standard elements is typography. If we are talking about individualized artworks where readability takes a second place in the priorities, that's not typography but calligraphy. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
