Re: Optical spacing -- no more?

[Brian Barker]

At 16:07 11/07/2014 +0006, Abraham Lee wrote:
> Maybe just me, but I don't really like the look of that. I see the 
> stems are equidistant, but, at least to me, I feel like it's not 
> balanced and it makes the notehead spacing a little awkward... I'd 
> still rather see the default behavior. But we all can have our 
> preferences :) Not sure if either is "correct".

For what it's worth, Elaine Gould agrees, saying (on p. 41);
> In certain cases, spacing should be adjusted to create an illusion 
> of evenness. Adjacent stems 'back to back' can otherwise look too 
> close together. Notes with stems away from each other can look too far apart.

Brian Barker