Re: shortened flags affair, part 4 - downstem 8th flag

[Janek Warchoł]

W dniu 7 marca 2011 03:01 użytkownik Carl Sorensen <address@hidden> napisał:
>
> On 3/6/11 2:44 AM, "Janek Warchoł" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > 2011/3/6 Carl Sorensen <address@hidden>:
> >>
> >> I've changed the slur scoring so that it doesn't try to move slurs away 
> >> from
> >> staff lines.  It cleans up the ugly slurs, at the expense of letting the
> >> slurs touch the line.  I've attached a pdf with those changes.
> >
> > Looks great!
> > And in fact these slurs don't touch staff lines, there is a small
> > clearance. I printed it and it looks ok (however, my printer prints
> > *very* badly and shaky now, so it should be double-checked).
>
> I've looked at very large magnifications; the slurs in measures 8, 9, 10,
> and 11 all touch on one end.

Ah, i thought we were talking about the middle of the slur, not the ends.
Personally i don't see why it's so important to have slur's ends not
touch the line.
I mean, the slurs you provided look *much* better than the ones Lily
chooses by default.

> >> I don't think 8 is an ugly slur, or that the placement is bad.  Can you 
> >> tell
> >> me what is ugly about it, and why the placement is bad?
> >
> > I'm not sure. Perhaps the left end is too high. I attach output from
> > finale 2008 demo, i'd say that something between this and current Lily
> > output would be optimal.
> >
>
> Looking at this comparison reminds me of how much I prefer the rounded ends
> of the LilyPond slurs to the pointed slurs of Finale.

Me too :)

thanks,
Janek