Hi Martín, Thank you for taking the time! Note that what I sent are by no means proposed alternatives, but just quick and dirty hacks for getting a sort of feeling about the difference. Lilypond’s G-Clef is not meant to be rotated, and will not look good this way.
Generally you find both a rotation of the clef and the top slouching a bit forward. Or a lot forward. I’ve seen edition where the G-Clef is rotated by probably 20-30 degrees or something. Valentin Am Dienstag, 17. August 2021, 22:36:30 CEST schrieb Martín Rincón Botero: > Hi Valentin, > > just sending my two cents, since I belong to one of those who feel that > Lilypond has a quite characteristic G-clef (not ugly, but I wouldn't call > it "normal" or "standard"). I just looked at your two proposals and browsed > through random scores on IMSLP. Almost all of the IMSLP examples show a > clef that slightly (sometimes not so slightly!) lean a bit forward with one > striking example that does the exact opposite. I would agree with you that > a small rotation forward looks a bit more standard and find especially the > first rotated clef very nice. The "straightness" of Lilypond's clef becomes > more apparent to me in the small clef for some reason. That perception goes > away with the first rotated clef. The second rotated clef looks to me a bit > too leaning forward. Could it be that the scores that use a more marked > rotation use a clef with more "paunch" to compensate for the extra > rotation? Martín. > www.martinrinconbotero.com > > On ago. 12 2021, at 2:59 pm, Valentin Petzel <valen...@petzel.at> wrote: > > Hello Silvain, > > > > That is kind of the point. In most editions the G-Clef is not balanced, > > but > > leans a bit forward. Lilypond’s G-Clef does so too, but very slightly, so > > the I’m asking for aesthetic opinions on whether this might be a slight > > bit too straight. > > > > Valentin
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