Re: Microtone accidentals

[Trevor Bača]

I'd be curious to know what one of the TeX / engraving gurus thinks ...

Maybe Werner has an opinion?

(If the engraving gurus agree, I'd personally love to see the arrowed
accidentals show up in 2.12 ...)

Trevor.


On 10/18/07, v!ictor address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Max,
>
> I agree with Trevor. These arrowed accidentals would be great to have...
> even indispensable I would say. I'm sure many other composers will be
> interested in having them as well.
>
> I printed out your 20pt example sheet in a standard laser printer at
> 1200dpi. They look great. However, if you allow me to be ultra picky, I
> might suggest stretching the arrows slightly (maybe an extra 50%), keeping
> the width as it is. The reason being that the hight of the arrows now seems
> to be exactly that of the separation between staff lines, so when arrows
> fall on spaces ( e.g. d'#, f'#) the "staff pattern" is not interrupted
> because the staff lines are not intersected by the arrow, which seems to me
> to make them a tiny bit less noticeable than when the arrows do break a line
> ( e.g. c'#, e'#). If you make the arrows a bit longer, then they will always
> intersect a staff line (assuming they fall withing the staff of course),
> therefore (maybe) making them a bit more salient.
> Maybe a trivial observation, but it might be worth trying out.
> In terms of design I think they do look feta.
>
> Thanks again for the glyphs!
>
> Victor.
>
>
> On 10/18/07, Maximilian Albert < address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Trevor Bača wrote:
> >
> > > These are outstanding!
> > >
> > > I don't have access to a true high-resolution printer, but the output
> > > on my end is perfectly legible and I'd very much like to have access
> > > to these new glyphs for use in my own scores.
> >
> > Thanks for your kind feedback. Much appreciated. :)
> >
> >
> > > Also, I have a question: have you given any thought to adding these
> > > same arrows to the quartertone accidentals as well?
> >
> > Indeed I have. But I figured it might be good to ask for some feedback
> > first. :) It shouldn't be a big problem to get these working once the
> > design is settled and approved, since they all have similar shapes and
> > the arrow design is largely parametrized. Only the "mirroredflat.flat "
> > symbol might cause a bit more work since the bottom is wider than that
> > of the other symbols so that some curves may need to be adapted in order
> > to integrate smoothly with the arrowshaft. But that can be tackled when
> > the time comes. First, it would be nice to know if there is any interest
> > in having these included and if anything needs to be improved.
> >
> > Max
> >
> >
> >
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