Re: Alternative music font

[Carl Sorensen]

On 12/21/09 3:08 AM, "Marc Hohl" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Carl Sorensen schrieb:
>> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke-list <at> xs4all.nl> writes:
>> 
>>  
>>> Op maandag 19-10-2009 om 15:33 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Simon
>>> Tatham:
>>> 
>>>    
>>>> It's interesting that you should mention that: that actually reminds
>>>> me of one of my specific issues with Feta, namely that the curved
>>>> centre line of its treble clef _does_ make it look to me as if it's
>>>> leaning over backwards. Gonville's straight-backed version feels
>>>> much more balanced to me.
>>>>      
>>> That would be a bug.  How many degrees would you need to rotate it to
>>> get it straight, in your opinion?
>>> 
>>>    
>> Thanks to the great work on the SVG backend, I was able to do a test.
>> 
>> I rotated the clef by 1, 2.5, and 5 degrees.
>> 
>> Surprisingly, I could see small differences.  I'd think somewhere
>> between 1 and 2.5 degrees would be about right.  I like the 2.5 degrees
>> best at the top of the clef, but I think the tail needs to be adjusted
>> a little bit to look right at 2.5 degrees.
>> 
>> Even the 1 degree rotation appears better balanced IMO.
>>  
> Hello Carl,
> 
> I played a bit with the mf sources, and changing dowstroke_dir
> from unitvector (14,-75) to (11,-75) seems to be a good choice, what do
> you think?

I like it much better.  But I think that the bulb on the bottom of the clef
needs to shift slightly to the right with this change.

Thanks,

Carl