Re: Question for all LilyPond users (especially power users)

[Noeck]

>> Hi Urs,
>>
>> it seems like I missed something. How did you create those scores? ...
>>
>> What is the Cadence font?


> Joram,
> 
> I can answer for Urs. ...
> 
> The Cadence font was the first result of that effort.

Hi Abraham,

thanks! Now I know what I was missing. That's very interesting.
I would like to give some feedback which is clearly very subjective and
perhaps your work continued such that some characteristics are obsolete.
Anyway, here it is:

I understand the reasoning with the rounded outlines, but I think not
all shortcomings of the traditional technique need to be copied.

I like the treble clef (the roundings are ok, but more for the
straighter downward line). For the bass clef I am not sure which on I
like more.
The inner roundings of accents looks a bit like overdoing to me. The
same for the dash of the forte f. I would say a balanced mixture of
rounded and sharp corners is a valid choice, too.
The arpeggio looks smoother.
Concerning the accidentals, I am undecided. It looks a bit more
'natural' like traditional notation, but also a bit less perfect... This
is most visible for the sharp. I prefer the Feta versions of the natural
and flat signs. The former because it is narrower and the latter because
it has a more consistent line width.

That's perhaps an issue with the font-switching, but the noteheads of
the Candence font are larger than the staff space and thus visible below
and above staff lines and overlaps with the stems.

All in all a smaller rounding radius might me a better compromise in my
opinion. The treble clef is the biggest improvement in my eyes. As you
said you can't please everybody. I enjoy your work and I am looking
forward to the font switching feature.

Cheers,
Joram