Re: Patch for yet again new noteheads (triangle-shaped)

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Attached is an attempt to implement this suggestion. It is essentially
> what I had tried before introducing the gap, except for the slightly
> larger vertical extent. I'm not sure if Han-Wen meant to make the tip
> simply enter the staffline (so that it is still covered) or protrude
> through it, so I tried it both. (Sorry for cluttering the mailing list
> with the *.pdf files; I hope the sizes aren't too big).

I prefer `triangle_inshooting.pdf'.

> And still, I can't help it: At least to me it seems that when the
> triangle base touches a staffline, the line looks as if it covered
> part of the triangle's shape.  In both files, this makes the
> corresponding triangle appear larger - as if its height were
> extended by precisely one stafflinethickness.  Or am I wrong?  Can
> this problem be overcome at all?

What do you think of giving the triangle much rounder corners at the
base of the triangle, using a bigger radius?  This would move the
touching points between the staff line and the triangle inwards.



    Werner