Re: Breath mark style in LilyPond 2.23.80

[Mark Knoop]

At 10:10 on 12 Nov 2022, samarutuk via bug-lilypond wrote:
> Dear all, when I tried version 2.23.80 for the first time yesterday, I
> was absolutely shocked to see the new, very mundane comma as a breath
> mark when rendering. I know that other notation programs also use the
> comma, but for me the more caesura-like character used before was
> always a reason to use Emmentaler/Feta, also and especially in
> MuseScore. The normal text style comma, with its delicate tadpole
> continuation, goes down much more easily in an opulent score with
> lyrics, staccato dots, and other expressive marks. It's a misstep
> aesthetically and for readability reasons, in my humble opinion. As a
> brass player, breath marks are very important and actually occur in
> large numbers, so this comma will really haunt me constantly. However,
> since I don't expect you to undo it, then I do ask that you still
> preserve the old style so that each Lilypondian can decide for
> themselves whether to use the snappy comma or the Emmental original
> breath mark (tm). If MuseScore (which I still use) adopts the modified
> font, I may add the old breath mark there as well. Sorry for the long
> text... and yes, I'm still shocked (and sticking with older versions
> for now).

Search for \breathe on this page.

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/changes/index.html

Perhaps the user list might be more appropriate for these sort of questions?


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Mark Knoop