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Re: Better discoverability for thin-variant Aiken heads: add to snippets
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James |
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Re: Better discoverability for thin-variant Aiken heads: add to snippets, docs, or features? |
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Sat, 9 Sep 2017 09:42:46 +0100 |
Hello Karl,
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 18:47:56 +0000
Karlin High <address@hidden> wrote:
> Back in June, I was typing up some Aiken-heads music for a client. We
> ran into a problem shown in the attached PNG and LY files, where
> white-head notes end up too dark at lower staff sizes. The problem was
> resolved by using thin-variant Aiken heads. However, arriving at that
> solution was a little challenging. With web searches, I was able to find
> that the thin-variant note heads existed, but not how to access them. A
> post to lilypond-user got good help from Abraham Lee.
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2017-06/msg00137.html
>
> The solution was:
>
> aikenHeadsThin = \set shapeNoteStyles = ##(doThin reThin miThin faThin
> sol laThin tiThin)
>
> Now I am wondering about having this information posted somewhere more
> prominently. I understand the options could be...
>
> a snippet for the LSR,
> a reference in the documentation, perhaps under NR 1.1.4 Shape note heads,
I'll make a patch and include a snippet it in the NR.
> adding a feature to LilyPond, the command \aikenHeadsThin
I'll create a tracker for this suggestion too as this is a more long term
solution (perhaps).
Regards
James