Re: Spacing Problem

[Michael Lakes]

Yes, well, the original sheet where I saw the problem was broken at 2 
measures.  Breaking it at 1 measure wouldn't look good.  But I suppose 
everything will space wider ...

I don't have a problem with the breaking of the measures though.  The 
problem is the inconsistent spaces of the 8th notes (as you can see from the 
output of the code I posted).  There's one 8th note in consecutive series of 
8th notes that had the spacing about the same as 16th note, as I said, this 
is immediately noticeable.  And gives me pauses when I try to read through 
it.


> From: "Jack O'Quin" <address@hidden>
> To: "Michael Lakes" <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Spacing Problem
> Date: 21 Sep 2004 09:54:47 -0500
>
> "Michael Lakes" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Yeah, fixed note spacing base on note duration would not be good.  I
> > thought of that as a fix for this problem, which would look better
> > than what's currently produced.
> >
> >
> > Notes in a measure probably should have the same spacing if they're
> > the same notes.  This case, the 8th note seems to have half the space
> > compare to other 8th notes which is immediately noticeable.
> >
> >
> > I tried some of those parameters but doesn't seem to get the output I
> > want.  It seems not possible to produce fixed outputs proportional to
> > the duration ...
>
> I've had good results printing jazz charts in 4- or 8-bar lines by
> inserting a few \break commands in strategic places.  This does make
> most 32-bar standards easier to read.
>
> Lily does a good job of dividing the intervening measures in sensible
> ways.  Very rarely, I add a \noBreak somewhere.  I see no reason to
> force each measure to exactly the same width.
>
> My band members really like these charts, BTW.  They are easier to
> read than most printed Fake Books.  Thanks to all who created this
> great program...
> --
>   joq

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