Re: unusual Alto Clef

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, David Bobroff 
<address@hidden> writes
> I wondered the same thing.  There is yet another style of C clef.  I've 
> seen this other style in French music.  It is a more boxy style that is 
> somewhere in-between the modern 'B' type C clef and the "French" style 
> 'K' type.  There is also another type of bass clef that I think of as 
> "English" because it shows up in British works (Elgar for example).  It 
> spirals in the opposite direction of the "normal" bass clef that is 
> used by LilyPond and it has more turns.
>
> As for the hand-written look; this has been discussed in the past and, 
> if I recall correctly, it was deemed inconsistent with the goals of 
> LilyPond (to look like engraved music).

Much as I hate it, a lot of forties music I come across has that 
hand-written look, though I strongly suspect it was engraved ...

So looking both hand-written and engraved at the same time probably 
isn't incompatible :-)

At the end of the day, it's just another font, isn't it?

Cheers,
Wol
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