Re: Engraved 'look'

[Darius Blasband]

As much as I think that old scores must be used as source of inspiration 
for balance, aesthetics,
etc., I think that reproducing their defects for the sake of 
old-fashioned look  would be odd.
Softening corners is ok. But imperfections are not warm. They are just 
that: imperfections.

Darius.

Leo Trottier wrote:

> Apologies if this has already been debated/discussed extensively, but ...
>
> .. in my experience with (beautiful) Barenreiter editions a quality that I feel
> most striking is the 'old-fashioned' look  -- there are seldom razor sharp
> staff-lines (as tend to be produced by laser printers).  Instead, it seems,
> minute variations ('imperfections') in print add a warmth ... and it's this
> warmth that I feel is most lacking in lilypond output.  
>
> Wouldn't it be fairly easy add an 'soft/irregular edge' command to the
> typesetting system?
>
> Best, 
>
> Leo
>
> PS I don't request this as a feature that I want personally so much as I think
> it would be one that could greatly enrich the (already superb) feel of lilypond
> output.
>
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