Re: drinking song symbols

[Hans Åberg]

> On 20 Sep 2019, at 18:27, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hans Åberg <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>>> On 20 Sep 2019, at 16:06, address@hidden wrote:
>>> 
>>> Pierre Perol_Schneider:
>>>> Well, I've tried to print it with global staff size set to #15, and it
>>>> still looks fine to me...
>>>> Sorry if I'm wrong.
>>>> 
>>>> Le ven. 20 sept. 2019 à 13:09, <address@hidden> a écrit :
>>>>> You got some nice looking wineglasses there, but more detail isn't
>>>>> really worth it when making small symbols.
>>> 
>>> Don't get me wrong, it looks fine, but there isn't much different 
>>> compared to a simpler symbol. Also, I think it shouldn't have to much 
>>> detail, to make it easier to see/interpret under dim conditions.
>> 
>> Different symbols may indicate different beverages. For the Swedish
>> “Helan går” it is traditionally brännvin (snaps, lit. “burning wine”),
>> and not wine, as suggested by the original glass symbol.
> 
> One would certainly want to avoid that the result of a Margarita mixing
> song ends up being a Pinacolada.  Clearly more symbols are needed.

The type of glass may be more important than the beverage it holds. The 
original symbol is typical for “brännvinsglas” in case somebody wants to search 
for it to see how it looks, but one could put water into it if one does not 
want to drink alcohol.