[PATCH] Re: Problems regarding figured bass

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Montag, 15. Juni 2009 10:26:09 schrieb Arno Rog:
> Reinhold Kainhofer <reinhold <at> kainhofer.com> writes:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm running into several problems with figured bass while writing another
> > large orchestral piece. Attached is a sample file highlighting these
> > issues:
>
> And while we're at it, is it possible to enlarge the figured bass?
> The figures are quite small and hardly to read in 'real life' situations.

Ah, you are talking about the accidentals!
Yes, I totally agree with you! Just a few days ago, while proofreading some 
scores I recently wrote, I was thinking exactly the same and I really had 
problems distinguishing the # and naturals! 

Han-Wen seems to agree to some extent, since in commit 
2caf4b6c15f4e94357fadd913777fb75b3458c61 (2005-11-25 19:20:05) he enlarged the 
double-sharp with the message:
    * scm/translation-functions.scm (format-bass-figure): make double
    sharp larger.

The smaller size of the accidentals were introduced in commit 
220365d152ed25083f94e4ddc5118bcd01b12eaa (2005-10-06 15:12:56) with no useful 
commit message:
    (AncientRemoveEmptyStaffContext): switch on
    New_figured_bass_engraver by default.

> Until now I apply the following patch:
> file: usr\share\lilypond\current\scm\translation-functions.scm

Unless there is any good reason, I would propose to completely remove the 
fontsize -2 from the accidentals in figured bass. They are much more readable 
and look much more like the accidentals in old hand-engravings I have at home 
(actually, there the numbers are a bit smaller, but the accidentals are even 
larger than the numbers!).

I've uploaded a patch to the codereview page:
    http://codereview.appspot.com/74056
Okay to apply this patch to master?


Cheers,
Reinhold

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Reinhold Kainhofer, address@hidden, http://reinhold.kainhofer.com/
 * Financial & Actuarial Math., Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria
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 * LilyPond, Music typesetting, http://www.lilypond.org
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