Re: Noteheads slightly too large

2016-02-10 Thread tisimst
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 3:10 AM, Andrew Bernard [via Lilypond] < ml-node+s1069038n187069...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Hi Abraham, > > Thanks for this explanation. Now that I have read up on this, for TrueType > at least, I see that FUnits, or font units are used, and that there are a > given number

Re: Noteheads slightly too large

2016-02-10 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Abraham, Thanks for this explanation. Now that I have read up on this, for TrueType at least, I see that FUnits, or font units are used, and that there are a given number of units-per-em for a specific design, say 1000 or 2048 and so on. I can’t find much reference to em-units - to me that s

Re: Noteheads slightly too large

2016-02-10 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Paul, Finally, after all types of trials, using 'stencil-scale is definitely the best workaround to reach an acceptable note head output: #(set-global-staff-size 180) %% <= below scales and offsets were set at #(set-global-staff-size 300) and controlled at zoom #2000 #(set-default-paper-size

Re: Noteheads slightly too large

2016-02-10 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Most fonts are usually defined relative to a resolution of a > 1000em-unit scale, Normally used for third-order Bézier outlines (Type1, CFF). > a 1024em-unit scale or a 2048em-unit scale. Normally used for second-order Bézier outlines (TrueType). Note that this is really a convenience thing,