Re: Score examples

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/9/5 Simon Bailey <address@hidden>:
> thanks. :) i'm really happy with the output. i've been developing the house
> style through the typesetting of 8-10 pieces so far, and it's starting to
> look exactly how i'd like it.

Indeed, i like this layout too!

> mac preview doesn't seem to have the issues mentioned in janek's bug report.
> either that or i'm half blind… ;) i opened it up in illustrator, at high
> levels of magnification, the stems are slightly different, but that seems to
> change if i scroll around? i haven't noticed anything on printouts yet, but
> i'll keep an eye on that.

?
The point of that bug is that is manifests itself the *most* at
medium-low zoom levels, like 100-150%.
You see, the problem is that in Acrobat Reader (and some other
viewers) some stems are 1 pixel thicker than other stems.  Exactly 1
pixel, regardless of zoom level.  If you zoom to 800%, this means that
some stems will be (for example) 9 pixels thick and some 10 pixels
thick - that's a small difference.  On 100% zoom, however, some stems
will be 1 pixel thick and other 2 pixels thick - that's two times
thicker!

This is also why this issue is almost invisible in printouts - they
have high resolution, so the 1px difference is very small.

Fortunately, there is a chance that this issue will be fixed - David
Kastrup investigated it for some time.  It's a complicated area and
there are side-effets, for example pdf filesize is increased (that's
why the fix wasn't added to official Lilypond distribution yet - it's
still experimental).  However, i've been using it for a few months now
and i really like the results.

best,
Janek

PS if you have access to a Linux box (could be Ubuntu in a virtual
machine) and you'd like to try this experimental fix, i could show you
how.