Re: 3 questions

[Valentin Petzel]

Hello Kieren,

Using stylesheets is a powerful option in Lilypond. For example I’ve got a 
cosmetic include that takes care of fonts and many small details, like paper 
margins, offsetting ^\markup in Dynamics contexts to have them centered. Also 
I have slightly heavier Beams (Lilypond’s Beams are significantly thinner than 
all other notation programs and hand engraved editions!), and also slightly 
thicker Staff lines.

So I simply have to include that file to give my scores the Aesthetics I want.

I’ve been thinking about maybe we should create a collection of high quality 
style sheets users can simply include to get really nice, different styles. I 
think that might open up the customizabilty of Lilypond Scores to new users.

Cheers,
Valentin


Am Freitag, 29. Oktober 2021, 17:00:30 CEST schrieb Kieren MacMillan:
> Hi Kira,
> 
> > I am also a new user
> 
> Nice to have you in the ’Pond!
> 
> > what draws me to Lilypond is the sheer aesthetics of it. Even the most
> > basic thing created with Lilypond looks 1000 times more professional and
> > attractive than MuseScore, in my opinion!
> Oh, for sure. I have a choral octavo stylesheet which makes my choral scores
> look better than most published scores *before I even apply a single
> tweak*. I was just comforting my composer friend who is struggling [in
> Finale] to get his string quartet parts looking nice enough to publish; I
> showed him how Lilypond make my parts look amazing in just a few minutes
> per part (~ 1 minute to compile, and then usually only a couple of tweaks
> required), and he nearly wept.
> > It is a learning curve though, one I’m still slogging through!
> 
> It’s a never-ending curve… but that’s part of what makes it so enjoyable for
> me! =)
> 
> All the best,
> Kieren.
> ________________________________
> 
> Kieren MacMillan, composer (he/him/his)
> ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info
> ‣ email: kieren@kierenmacmillan.info

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