Re: treble clef looks horrible in sizes smaller than 20

[Marc Hohl]

Am 27.02.2014 09:16, schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
> > > For the sake of reference: The source of the problem seems to have
> > > been identified:
> > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2014-02/msg00238.html
> >
> > So does this need a LilyPond Tracker
>
> Yes, definitely.
>
> > or is this a bug (in fontforge?)?
>
> It's basically a bug in fontforge, but we can't rely on a quick fix
> since this is very unlikely.  Additionally, we rely on the last
> *published* fontforge version, which was a released quite a long time
> ago.  Meanwhile, fontforge has been very heavily modified.
> Unfortunately, not all modifications are bug free; for example, I
> can't build the feta fonts with current fontforge's current git
> version due to a very fundamental bug, cf.
>
>    https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/1239
>
> The solution to the clef problem is not too difficult, however: We
> have to slightly modify the outlines of the clefs so that the
> intersections are `simpler', allowing fontforge to handle the outline
> correctly.  While reviewing Marc's patch I've only checked one size
> (feta20), which was an oversight.
>
> Marc, do you have time to work on that?

Phew, I am quite busy at the moment. I will not be able to work on this
the next couple of weeks, I'm afraid, and I can't say when I'll have
more time left again. Sorry.

Marc
>      Werner