Re: New LilyPond website

[John Roper]

Web design wise, I don't need help. If a new branch could be created
that would be great. I can also work in github.

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:10 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Shane Brandes <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I gave John yesterday the opportunity to defend his choice of sans
>> serif font in a private email.  Now that that box has been opened
>> publicly I will comment.
>
> Man, you make it sound as if he defiled the grave of Hermann Zapf.
>
>> Sans versus Serif is an annoying discussion both styles have their
>> place. Sans has been around 200 years and serif fonts since 1465. The
>> argument about screen resolution versus paper, is rapidly becoming
>> irrelevant with advances in screen technology.
>
> 600 dpi high contrast screens are not yet commonplace.
>
>> Although I expect people that grew up during the depression drinking
>> ersatz coffee might not enjoy the complexities of the real thing. It
>> might be the fixation with sans fonts are also the remnants of fadish
>> rebellion to the establishment left over from the post WWII era.
>
> Let's not forget that the Nazis abolished Fraktur for Antiqua merely so
> that their proclamations could be better read in the occupied countries.
>
> I think it's time to switch back to ersatz coffee and get down the
> general blood pressure.
>
>> Anyway, given the fact that Lilypond is trying to give the user the
>> best possible music printing, it is my belief that the choice of
>> typography should reflect that as a well and not give off the scent of
>> our current throwaway society. Yep much stronger opinions on that than
>> I initially thought.  So feel free to disagree.
>
> I feel we are not arguing at a level here where agreement or
> disagreement makes any sense with regard to arriving at a consensus.
>
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> David Kastrup
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John Roper
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