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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!).