Re: Henle piano template

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/8/7 David Rogers <address@hidden>:
> I just printed it and compared them side-by-side at the
> piano. Unfortunately I have to guess a little bit about absolute sizes,
> because I don't have any paper in the house except "Letter" size. With
> all due respect for Kieren's skill and work, which I cannot hope even to
> match let alone improve on, I really believe (taking the stated goals of
> Kieren's project literally) that only detail tweaks have so far been
> accomplished, and the general basic appearance is still very very
> LilyPond. What I notice is stuff that (to me) sounds like a mixture of
> easy things and difficult things:
>
> - The whole notation font needs to be replaced with a
>   Henle-look-alike. At the very least, LP's notehead size is much too
>   small for Henle; but everything else (quarter rests, fermatas, sharps
>   & flats, and clefs stand out in this example) looks "very LilyPond" as
>   well.
>
> - The staff lines, ledger lines, and note stems need to be lightened a
>   lot.
>
> - The beams may need to be darkened. (Or maybe they already match, after
>   lightening the staff lines and stems.)
>
> - Slurs need to be thinner at the ends and thicker in the middle.
>
> - The accidentals need to be significantly closer to their
>   noteheads. (I'm on version 2.17.22 - did something change? I'm getting
>   excessive white-space between each accidental and its note, in this
>   template.)

I also wish that accidental spacing would improve - see the resources
i've gathered here
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2142

Unfortunately that's not going to happen very soon.  One thing we
could do for the sake of better Lilypond engraving is to move forward
with Tie crusade.

best,
Janek