On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Martin Tarenskeen
<m.tarensk...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Once I have more time I will definitely try the new fonts. It's an
interesting project and addition to the power of LilyPond.
But I hope this will not change the goal of LilyPond development in
the future from "How can we produce the best looking scores with as
little tweaks as possible, using LilyPond's default fonts and
typesetting engine" to "How can we make LilyPond's output look
identical to Edition X (Henle, Peters, Schott, Boosey&Hawkes ...) or
software XYZ (Finale, Sibelius, Score ...)
Wouldn't it be fun if Finale/Sibelius users or major publishers one
day would start to ask: "How can we make our scores look like
LilyPond scores?"
--
MT
Martin,
I couldn't agree more. The main goal of LilyPond is and always will be
just as you said it. Part of what I've heard, though, from my
correspondence with others is the desire to use a different music font.
It's as simple as that. I don't think that's such a bad thing.
Emmentaler is fantastic, don't get me wrong. A ton of work has gone
into it and it is, to this day, the only music font (at least available
to the public) that supports true optical scaling. That is phenomenal!
The only thing is this: let's say a publishing house really wanted to
take the plunge and start using LilyPond for their engraving needs
(which would be awesome). Up until now, there was just the one main
style that EVERYONE would have to use. Nothing truly noticeable to make
their scores stand out. I'd like to think that this opens more doors
than changes the goals of LilyPond.
And BTW, I have to take my hat off to the developers of LilyPond. No
matter what music font I throw at it, it still performs beautifully!
It is my sincere hope that people realize just how robust and flexible
LilyPond is, combined with its already unmatched default output; that
it can cater to the many different tastes people have and desire. I
feel like having this font-switching capability should only encourage
MORE people to try LilyPond out.
Just my thoughts on the matter. Maybe I'm off my rocker...
Regards,
Abraham
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