Re: suggestion - increase default beam thickness

[Pavel Roskin]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:36:41 +0100
Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> wrote:

> Good point, your concerns are valid.  However, the difference between
> current Lily default beam thickness and average calculated from
> samples is so big (almost 0.1 staffspace), that i think we don't have
> to worry about this.  Also, the change i suggest is small - only 0.03
> staffspace thicker.

You may want to go all the way to the measured values if your
measurement are based on valid methods.

Even thickness of 0.6 looks reasonable to my eyes.  But what really
matters is the eyes of musicians, and I'm not one (even though I'm
taking voice lessons).

> Of course, i invite you all to print Lily-engraved scores with default
> settings and with beam thickness changed to 0.51.  I only want to warn
> you that these results might be prone to similar problems: when some
> time ago i compared a printout of Lily-made pdf with an older
> printout, i was surprised to see significant difference in thickness
> of everything (i estimate it was something like 0.04-0.06 ss).  And
> both copies were printed with the same printer, the only difference
> was the cartridge!

Thicker beams look better for me, both on screen and when printed.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin