Re: Tweaking notehead direction in chords

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> (2) LilyPond
> So far so good and LilyPond _does_ it quite good.
> Though, the amount of covering the stem-width isn't the same for left
> and right printed noteheads.
> For up-stems a left-printed notehead covers the whole stem-width but a
> right-printed one only about the half (or two-thirds?).
> Not sure about the reasoning.

To keep the visual weight right of the stem would be my guess.  When in
doubt, take a look at how hand-engraved scores by traditional publishers
do it.

-- 
David Kastrup