Am 06.12.2013 17:11, schrieb Joseph Rushton Wakeling:
On 05/12/13 21:18, Janek Warchoł wrote:
as promised, here are engraving comparisons that i hand out to
musicians i meet:
What Finale version are you using to generate these examples?
I hate to say this, but from my point of view (as a Lilypond user and
enthusiast) I think that rather than favouring Lilypond, this rather
supports the contention that in general Finale's output is "good
enough". I presume what you have there is untweaked Finale engraving,
and many of the issues you identify are very minor or most likely
easily fixed.
I have to throw in a comparison:
http://lilypond.ursliska.de/uploads/pics/07_02.png
http://lilypond.ursliska.de/uploads/pics/finale2008_one-system.png
These are an excerpt from a copyright piece, but I've got permission to
display in the context of a tutorial and of a blog post (they're in my
plain text essay on the blog).
I think this is a very good example for the fact that LilyPond often
manages to produce legible layout even if it fails. Actually the only
thing that's _really_ wrong with this example is the long slur - but
that's of the kind I wouldn't expect any automated engraving to manage.
Finale (admittedly 2008 - but LilyPond is 2.13 too IIRC) managed to
clash about every conceivable grob in this case.
Urs
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