Re: Different Raster Size for every page

[Bernhard Ott]

On 22.08.2010 21:34, Francisco Vila wrote:
> 2010/8/20 Nils Gey<address@hidden>:
> > Sorry for the confusion.
> >
> > What I really mean is a simple question: I want page 1/2 size 16
> > and page 2/2 size 18 because its the last page and has fewer
> > notes.
> >
> > Note: Not really "I" but "he" or "someone". For me aestethics would
> > prevent such a thing, but maybe there really is a case where this
> > is needed to express the music.
>
> I can not imagine one, at least for the same score.  We would not
> allow a text typesetter to print a different character size for the
> last page just because it has fewer lines.  I can, however, imagine
> a poem book where a short work could be typeset in a greater
> character height, given it is a standalone piece.  Not too
> pleasant-looking.

In real life this is happening quite often - the score of "The
Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a real nightmare (Dover edition
which is a reprint of ???), and even Boosey's edition of Britten's
Sinfonia da Requiem (I just opened "the book" at rehearsal mark 40)
changes staff size from 5mm to 4mm from one page to the other, so
it is not too unusual to ask for?

Bernhard