Re: RFC: rethink horizontal alignment of mid-staff bar numbers

[Graham King]

I think Gould's positioning looks _slightly_ better, except at line-beginnings 
where I definitely prefer lilypond's.  Moreover, the position immediately after 
a bar line is heavily-contested real-estate, as your examples make clear.  
Therefore it would be good to retain the option to preserve the status quo, 
especially where convert-ly might otherwise cause skyline changes to existing 
scores.

> On 15 Nov 2020, at 11:02, Kevin Barry <barrykp@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Developers,
> 
> I am continuing Jean Abou Samra's work on bar number alignment
> (https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/447) and would
> like to request your comments on the proposed change. There doesn't
> seem to be an established standard for aligning bar numbers (see the
> various examples posted at the merge request link for some of the
> different ways publishers do them), but there did seem to be some
> consensus that LilyPond places bar numbers too far to the left.
> 
> Attached is a pdf that shows four different options: how LilyPond does
> things currently, Jean's proposal, Elaine Gould's recommendation (from
> the book Behind Bars), and an extra option showing things even further
> to the right. I would like to hear people's comments:
> - if you have a preference for one of the four, please indicate which
> - if you prefer something else, please describe it
> - please feel free to introduce evidence in the form of hand-engraved
>  scores or recommendations by authors (e.g. Ted Ross, whose book I
>  don't have a copy of to consult)
> 
> NB: I am deliberately not addressing the subject of whether or not bar
> numbers should be italicised; I intend to request the list's opinions on
> that after this merge request is dealt with.
> 
> Thanks all (especially Jean Abou, who did the hard work)
> 
> Kevin
> <mr447.pdf>