Re: Alternative music font

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Marc Hohl <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> It's interesting that you should mention that: that actually reminds
>>>> me of one of my specific issues with Feta, namely that the curved
>>>> centre line of its treble clef _does_ make it look to me as if it's
>>>> leaning over backwards. Gonville's straight-backed version feels
>>>> much more balanced to me.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That would be a bug.  How many degrees would you need to rotate it to
>>> get it straight, in your opinion?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks to the great work on the SVG backend, I was able to do a test.
>>
>> I rotated the clef by 1, 2.5, and 5 degrees.
>>
>> Surprisingly, I could see small differences.  I'd think somewhere
>> between 1 and 2.5 degrees would be about right.  I like the 2.5 degrees
>> best at the top of the clef, but I think the tail needs to be adjusted
>> a little bit to look right at 2.5 degrees.
>>
>> Even the 1 degree rotation appears better balanced IMO.
>>
>
> Hello Carl,
>
> I played a bit with the mf sources, and changing dowstroke_dir
> from unitvector (14,-75) to (11,-75) seems to be a good choice, what do you
> think?

Before this is committed, please print at 1200dpi and check that this
looks good on paper too.



>
> Marc
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Carl
>>
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