Re: Middle line stem direction in 2.8

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I imagine that old-school engravers had a very limited number of slur
> shapes to work with,

No.  Slurs were always drawn by hand.

> so this case would make the levitating slur the only option, unless
> the note-stem is inverted, in which case the slur looks very
> natural.  So what did the old-timers do here, and did they do it
> from aesthetics, necessity, or convention?

If necessary, they have shortened the stem length, I think, or they
have inverted the stem direction.  Both is possible in lilypond, but
the automatic default for stems without beams on the middle line
*must* be down.


    Werner