---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>Date:
2011/3/16
Subject: Re: shortened flags affair, part 7 - downstem
full-length 64th and 128th flags
To: Carl Sorensen <
address@hidden>
W dniu 16
marca 2011 00:25 użytkownik Carl Sorensen
<
address@hidden> napisał:
> On 3/15/11 3:24 PM, "Janek Warchoł" <
address@hidden>
>
wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> there is quite a lot of
space between flag and the notehead in case of
>> downstem 64th and
128th notes (at least compared to 16th and 32nd
>> flags). I
*suppose* these flags were made this way because they were
>>
intended for use with both shortened stems and full-length stems,
and
>> if the gaps were smaller, the flags would look bad on
shortened stems.
>> However, we are going to have dedicated flags for
shorter stems soon,
>> so maybe we want to tweak the design of 64th
and 128th downstem flags
>> to something roughly like
suggestion.png?
>
> I prefer the new ones to the old ones, but I
think that all of them need
> further adjustment. In the words of
Read (p. 80)
>
> "For each additional flag beyond two, the stem is
extended by two staff
> degrees [1 staff space -- my addition], and the
new flag is drawn parallel
> to the previous one(s), with the additional
curved line joining the curved
> line of the first
flag."
>
> In the 64th and 128th flags currently in the Feta font,
the lines are not
> parallel at all, and I think that makes the flags
look unbalanced.
Personally i don't like this, too. I didn't
touch it because it seemed
as an intentional feature, but if we want to
change it, i'll prepare a
fix so that other developers may discuss
it.
However, i think that we shouldn't make flags totally parallel -
doing
so would change the "feel" of the font very much, and i'm not sure
if
it would be an optimal solution, too.
> P.S. Janek, Amazon has used copies of Read in paperback
for $9.97. At that
> price it may be worth
purchasing.
Thanks for info! i'll consider
this.
cheers,
Janek
FlagsRead.png