Re: Relative thickness of PianoStaff Braces

[Jonathan Wilkes]

--- On Sat, 9/26/09, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Relative thickness of PianoStaff Braces
> To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 9:47 PM
> The braces are typeset using symbols
> from a special font, so you cannot adjust the width and
> height separately. As far as I can see from the Metafont
> code generating these font symbols, the relationship between
> width and height is fixed, which may not be the best choice
> as you have pointed out.

Oh, I see.  Since I couldn't find a glyph for the brace in the NR, I just 
assumed it was some kind of "vertical spanner."

Thanks for the response.

-Jonathan


> 
>     /Mats
> 
> Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> > Hello again,
> >      I've tried fooling around with the
> various properties of SystemStartBrace, and I can't seem to
> find a way to make all braces the same width, regardless of
> the height of the brace.  (The problem is really
> exaggerated when there are three staves in a PianoStaff--
> the brace looks comically huge.)
> > 
> > Do there happen to be any scheme wizards who can
> suggest a possible workaround?  And if a workaround is
> not possible, should I add this to the bug tracker? (Unless
> it's already listed and I missed it.)
> > 
> > -Jonathan
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 9/8/09, Jonathan Wilkes <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > 
> >   
> >> From: Jonathan Wilkes <address@hidden>
> >> Subject: Relative thickness of PianoStaff Braces
> >> To: address@hidden
> >> Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 11:15 PM
> >> Hello,
> >>      I'm having trouble tweaking
> the
> >> Brace at the beginning of a system. My test code
> is below; basically, I'd like to make the
> >> brace oonnecting three staves less thick.
> >> 
> >> That brings me to my second question.  I've
> attached
> >> two pngs, one of Lilypond braces and the other
> from a Durand score of
> >> Debussy's 1st Prelude, Bk. II, available here:
> >> 
> >> http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/dd/IMSLP00510-Debussy_-_Preludes__Book_2.pdf
> >> 
> >> Both Durand braces are of course much thicker, but
> the
> >> point is that they have comparable weights (not
> sure what to call it).
> >> 
> >> Lilypond's large brace basically looks like the
> smaller
> >> brace has been enlarged by about 170%, which looks
> a lot less
> >> elegant.  Shouldn't the brace be stretched
> vertically without changing the
> >> thickness?
> >> 
> >> -Jonathan
> >> 
> >> example code:
> >> 
> >> \version "2.12.2"
> >> 
> >> \score {
> >>     \new PianoStaff % 
>     \override
> >> PianoStaff.SystemStartBrace #'thickness = #0.2
> >>       <<
> >>       \new Staff = "rh"
> {
> >>       <<  { c'
> d' e' f' }
> >>         \new Staff
> \with {
> >> alignAboveContext = "rh" } { c' d' e' f' }
> >>       >>
> >>       \break
> >>       c' d' e' f'
> >>       }
> >>       \new Staff {
> >>       c' d' e' f'
> >>       c' d' e' f'
> >>       }
> >>     >>
> >> }
> >> 
> >> \paper {
> >>     indent = 0
> >> }
> >> 
> >> %\layout {
> >> %    \context { \PianoStaff
> >> %        \override
> >> SystemStartBrace #'thickness = #0.2
> >> %    }
> >> %}
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>           
> > 
> > 
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