Re: mutopia's shortcomings

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Simon,

>> You forgot the quality of sheets: a (really) digital PDF will always look 
>> better than a scanned PDF.
> I think it depends: firstly, many IMSLP scores are on a level of 
> typographical quality which – I’m sorry – Lilypond might never reach.

+1000

> And if scan quality is not too low, I do fancy the more soft, mellow look of 
> scans from hand-engraved scores.

I remember suggesting the [ultimately implemented] feature that stems should be 
rounded to mimic worn metal punches.
Maybe we should have a dithering feature, which “mellows” Lily’s output?  ;)

Cheers,
Kieren.
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