Re: making a Tie more parabolic

[David Nalesnik]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:

Am 31.12.2014 um 15:26 schrieb Kieren MacMillan:

Hello all,

I’m putting together a stylesheet based on mid-20th-Century
Warner-Chappell musical theatre vocal books, and would like to mimic
more closely their tie shape:


As you can see, it’s nearly “parabolic" (i.e., the curve doesn’t really
increase dramatically near the noteheads) and non-calligraphic (i.e., it
doesn’t thicken much at the centre). The second part is relatively easy
to achieve, but I’m having difficulty with the curve shape aspect. Any
suggestion(s) would be appreciated.

Without trying it out I'd expect Janek's \shapeII (in openlilylib) and using it with polar coordinates should help you.

But then you'd lose the use of the function for individual control, and \shape won't work on tie columns.  I think that you should investigate the numerous properties listed under details (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/tie) for finding the basic shape.

--David