For chords I don't think there is a standard approach. Chords haven't
been around long enough. I was hoping to collect opinions here. :) Maybe
the best source would be in some typography book? I checked mine and
couldn't find any specific mention about the position, only the weight.
Maybe someo
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I was very pleased with the spacing with the LilyPond, also some glyphs,
especially the natural, received positive comments from the musicians:
it was easily distinguished from the sharp.. it had a distinctive color. :)
Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
On 4/25/09 12:52 PM, "Pekka
Here are some thoughts about the default chords in LilyPond:
1. The suffixes should not be scaled (see attachment). The weight of the
smaller character gets too light if it is simply scaled down from the
original font.
2. The suffix should be top-aligned with the preceding characted.
3. The sharp
Tim McNamara wrote:
I still find a problem with this approach; the second stanza is not
connected to second ending..
Sure it is, but you'd put those words in the second \alternative
ending. Looks a little odd in the source code, but the point of the
source code is to render into good output
James E. Bailey wrote:
Am 30.03.2009 um 17:16 schrieb Pekka Siponen:
I find the behavior with lyrics and alternative repeats somewhat
illogical..
For me the logical thing would be something like:
%---
\version "2.12.2"
\score {
\new GrandStaff {
> I'm not top posting.
I find the behavior with lyrics and alternative repeats somewhat illogical..
For me the logical thing would be something like:
%---
\version "2.12.2"
\score {
\new GrandStaff {
\new Staff {
<<
\new Voice = "alku" \relative c' {
\re
The default margins for a4 seem a little too narrow. The normal I see in scores
is about 2 cm wide. If the margins are only 1 cm thick, the page seems too
crowded. Also it is a legibility issue: usually for text, the lenght of a line
should not exceed 50–70 characters, otherwise the eye has trouble
