Re: Ultra-thick barlines in PDF output (PNG OK)

[Carl Sorensen]

On 12/21/09 1:17 PM, "Neil Puttock" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2009/12/21 Carl Sorensen <address@hidden>:
> 
>> For me, on OSX 10.5, barline-test1 has ultra-thick barlines, but
>> barline-test2 has good barlines.
> 
> Interesting. :)  Are you using the default viewer?

Yes, this was under Preview.

I also looked under Adobe Reader 8, and at high magnification, file 2 has
thicker barlines than file 1.  At 100%, 2 looks better than 1, but both look
pretty bad due to low resolution on the monitor and no dithering -- stems
have variable thicknesses, etc.

HTH,

Carl

> 
> The first file is LilyPond's default output, whereas the second has
> blotted barlines switched on.  Blotted barlines used to be the default
> for both BarLine and SpanBar (you can check this by comparing `Sängers
> Morgenlied' from the 2.4 and 2.6 docs), but this behaviour was changed
> due to reports of bad rendering in acroread.
> 
> Cheers,
> Neil