Re: accidentals in chordNames have diffferent vertical alignment depending on language - is this intentional?

[Janek Warchoł]

2011/9/13 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 2011/9/13 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>>> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> I'd think that in every case the accidentals would be on the same
>>>> level, but they're not.  I don't see any property to override this.  A
>>>> bug?
>>>>
>>>> \new ChordNames { \chordmode { fis es } }
>>>>
>>>> \new ChordNames { \germanChords \chordmode { fis es } }
>>>>
>>>> \new ChordNames { \italianChords \chordmode { fis es } }
>>>
>>> Well, there is at least some consistency: in each language, the results
>>> look awful, though by different means.
>>
>> Exactly...  You may be interested in my other mail about accidentals
>> and chord names, "do we want special versions of the accidentals for
>> use with text?"
>
> Is that a trick question?  What is wrong with ♯ and ♭?  Those are
> obviously the versions to use with text, having been _designed_ into the
> text fonts.

With "do we want special versions of the accidentals for use with
text?" i was referring to a thread on the mailing list with this
topic: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2011-09/msg00353.html

cheers,
Janek