Re: Flageolet position shifts according to beam status?

[Trevor Bača]

On 1/25/07, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> I would recommend to use
>   \set fontSize = #-3
> instead of
>   \override NoteHead #'font-size = #-3
>   \override Accidental #'font-size = #-3
>   \override Script #'font-size = #-3
>
> As far as I can see, the result doesn't give any extra shift, whereas I
> might guess that there is a slight shift when using your original code.
>
>    /Mats
>
> Trevor Bača wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can someone please render the following and tell me whether I'm going
> > blind?
> >
> > The example includes two scores. The scores differ only in the fact
> > that the first score beams all notes together while the second score
> > beams no notes. It looks like the flageolets in the second score are
> > shifted ever so slightly off-center towards the *right*.
> >
> > Can someone else confirm that this seems to be the case before I post
> > the nitpick in the bug tracker?
> >
> > %%% BEGIN OFF-CENTER FLAGEOLET? %%%
> >
> >   \override NoteHead #'font-size = #-3
> >   \override Accidental #'font-size = #-3
> >   \override Script #'font-size = #-3
> >   \override Script #'padding = #0.5
> >   d'''64 [ \flageolet
> >   fs'''64 \flageolet
> >   a'''64 \flageolet
> >   c''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 ] \flageolet
> >   \revert NoteHead #'font-size
> >   \revert Accidental #'font-size
> >   \revert Script #'font-size
> >   \revert Script #'padding
> > }
> >
> > \new Staff {
> >   \override NoteHead #'font-size = #-3
> >   \override Accidental #'font-size = #-3
> >   \override Script #'font-size = #-3
> >   \override Script #'padding = #0.5
> >   d'''64 \flageolet
> >   fs'''64 \flageolet
> >   a'''64 \flageolet
> >   c''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   d''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   fs''''64 \flageolet
> >   e''''64 \flageolet
> >   \revert NoteHead #'font-size
> >   \revert Accidental #'font-size
> >   \revert Script #'font-size
> >   \revert Script #'padding
> > }
> >
> > %%% END %%%
> >
> >
> > (In fact, it may be that the first score shifts flageolets ever so
> > slightly to the *left* while the second score shifts flageolets ever
> > so slightly to the *right*? FWIW, commenting out the overrides seems
> > to center all flageolets exactly on the noteheads, as expected.)

Hm, fontSize does seem to clean things up a bit. The flageolets still
look imperfectly centered, IMO, but it's such a fine difference as to
not warrant the time for a fix ...

Thanks, Mats.


--
Trevor Bača
address@hidden