Re: engraving comparisons and other "promotional" materials

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/12/8 Joseph Rushton Wakeling <address@hidden>:
> On 08/12/13 22:42, Janek Warchoł wrote:
>> I have seen it about 10 times already, in scores coming from different
>> people. I can send you more examples in private.
>
> Question -- were these all or mostly vocal works?

yes.

> I have a feeling the inclusion of lyrics might be affecting the spacing.

indeed.

>> Well, if we're speaking of hand-written stuff, then yes.  But as far
>> as the "engraved" output from notation software, i havent' seen much
>> worse problems.
>
> I have, and in a published score at that, but I think it was the fault of an
> earlier version of one of these notation programs, and almost certainly a
> publisher who didn't know how to use it (and obviously didn't care about
> quality control).

Yeah, that's sad...

Janek