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Re: spacing/layout 2.19
From: |
Simon Bailey |
Subject: |
Re: spacing/layout 2.19 |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:18:31 +0100 |
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:57 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Simon Bailey <address@hidden> writes:
>> following my issues with ligatures, i compiled 2.19.2 from source on
>> OS X. i'm now seeing very different spacing and layouting than with
>> the 2.18.1 official package from lilypond.org.
>
> There is no official 2.18.1 package from lilypond.org.
my bad, sorry. i did mean 2.18.0.
>> Is this a general improvement in 2.19 or is this _probably_ related to
>> my homegrown version using a 64-bit version of the pango or freetype
>> libraries that work better/correctly?
>
> There are general improvements in spacing, particularly vertical spacing
> in 2.19.2 as compared to 2.18.0. It may well be that problems with
> ligatures/compositing/whatever _also_ have an influence on the overall
> layout difference you are experiencing, but with regard to overall
> spacing and layouting I would expect those influences to be minor at
> best.
ok, then it's probably to do with the general improvements rather than
a better/different library. when a 2.19.2 package comes out, i'll do a
direct comparison of homegrown and official package, just to see if
there are any difference.
regards,
sb
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