Re: G clef changes [was: Re: Alternative music font]

[Marc Hohl]

Carl Sorensen schrieb:
> On 12/30/09 7:42 AM, "Marc Hohl" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>   
> > Carl Sorensen schrieb:
> >     
> > > On 12/30/09 6:06 AM, "Marc Hohl" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > >  
> > >       
> > > > @Carl:
> > > > I am not at all familiar with SVG. Could you please produce a file
> > > > similar to the one you sent already with different rotating angles?
> > > >    
> > > >         
> > > I can only produce a file like that with the clefs you have designed if you
> > > generate svg output instead of (or in addition to) the pdf output.
> > >
> > > Use
> > >
> > > lilypond -fsvg myfile.ly
> > >
> > > in order to generate svg output (see Command line options for lilypond in
> > > section 1.2 of Usage).
> > >  
> > >       
> > Oh, sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I meant you to create this file
> > with the original liypond clef. Then we can find the ideal rotating angle,
> > and I'll implement that in metafont.
> >     
>
> OK, I've attached a 300 dpi png and with the clef rotated from 0 to 4
> degrees.
>   
Thanks for your work, Carl.
> An Inkscape svg is available at
>
> http://www.et.byu.edu/~sorensen/cleftest.svg
>   
OT: This is strange; in the browser, it looks ok, but with inkscape, the 
staff lines are missing.
But that's not important, because:
> A 600-dpi png is available at
>
> http://www.et.byu.edu/~sorensen/cleftest.png
>   
I printed this and stared at the clefs for quite a long time. I am not 
sure to use the
1.5 version as it is, or the 2.0 version with a tiny shift of the bulb 
to the right.
But I tend to claim 1.5 being the best.

I'll dive into the metafont sources to rotate the clef.

Marc
> In reviewing these, I think a rotation of the whole clef by 1.5 degrees
> would look just about perfect.
>
> HTH,
>
> Carl
>
>