Hi, 2011/4/4 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng <hhpmu...@163.com> > > Again for the full score pagination. A professor first tried to read a4 > version, > and he must use a magnifying glass. I then compiled the a3 version > (the link below, containing all score/parts/code/midi files). > He said that it's actually not the problem of paper size, > since many large scores are printed in just a4 but look very clear. > I'm puzzled, since Lilypond always produce the most beautiful and clear music. > Please check my full score, and tell me what' wrong with the appearance. > http://www.darajan2.com/douban/Haipeng/Celebration%20Overture.zip
I'm not familiar with large orchestral scores (honestly i haven't see any in real life, only some on computer), but i have an idea: there is a lot of unused vertical space in the score you posted - almost all pages have 20% or more whitespace at the bottom. What font size have you used on that a4 version? I tried 11.5 and it worked quite well - there is less unused vertical space compared to what you posted (of course at the expense of page count). Do you have some example of good LilyPond-made orchestral score, so we can compare it to this overture? Also there might be one more thing - beam width. Contrary to line thickness, relative beam width doesn't change with font size: because of that beams are less and less distinct from staff lines when font size gets smaller. Hope that helps, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
