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Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?
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Jan Warchoł |
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Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines? |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:07:16 +0200 |
2011/7/27 Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden>:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Jan Warchoł
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>> I think this is an other issue. Due to rounding, PDF viewers can err
>>> the placement of the barline by a pixel. This is insolvable, as there
>>> is no way to hint that the barline should coincide with the staffline,
>>> yet we need to go the end of the barline to get the correct effect in
>>> the corners in staves.
>>
>> I'd accept this if it were not for the fact that Finale seems to
>> handle this perfectly. I've never experienced any sticking out
>> barlines in Finale pdfs, neither on screen nor in print (i can send
>> you some if you want). Also, the thickness of the stems and barlines
>> is consistent in Finale pdfs (i.e. it looks like second image from
>> here http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2007-07/msg00076.html
>> while Lily output looks like first one).
>> I'd say that the fact that Finale does something this basic better
>> than LilyPond is a serious insult to us, given how much Finale sucks
>> in these matters (for example in flag attachment, see attached).
>
> You can make the problem disappear by
>
> - hard coding the output to a certain resolution
Umm, i don't understand what you mean...
> - making the bar go to the middle of the staffline, rather than the outside.
I have a patch doing this:
http://codereview.appspot.com/4809057
> both have disadvantages. (what does finale's barline at the end of a
> staff look like?)
Sharp and pointy, example attached.
cheers,
Janek
Canticorum.pdf
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- Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, (continued)
- Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, Karl Hammar, 2011/07/21
- Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2011/07/21
- Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2011/07/21
- Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, Graham Percival, 2011/07/21
- Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, Francisco Vila, 2011/07/22
- Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, Karl Hammar, 2011/07/22
Re: Postscript printer errors with rounded barlines?, Jan Warchoł, 2011/07/23