RE: Shape note font failures

[Jim Duke]

I had already tried rendering it in the best form I could, and I first saw the 
problem when working with the songs in printed form.  I also had zoomed in on 
the notes in the PDF Viewer (I'm using the latest Acrobat Reader from Adobe) 
and the errant notes were wrong at all zoom levels.

Since Harm didn't have a problem, I thought that perhaps he was using a 
different version of Lilypond than I was.  I was running 2.18.2; and I suspect 
that Harm was running close to the latest version so I tested that.  2.19.49 
worked fine.  I don't know enough about the system to diagnose why.

Thanks for all the help

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Holmes [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 5:06 AM
To: Thomas Morley <address@hidden>; Jim Duke <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Shape note font failures

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Morley" <address@hidden>
To: "Jim Duke" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: Shape note font failures


2016-10-31 3:20 GMT+01:00 Jim Duke <address@hidden>:
> I’m typesetting some A Capella music for congregational singing the uses 
> the
> 7-note (Aiken) shape note system.  I’ve found that based on the system 
> size
> some of the half note heads for RE (d in the example) are 
> indistinguishable
> from quarter notes.  Basically the interior of the note head is filling 
> in.
> The following example reproduces the problem:
>
>
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
>
>
> \score {
>
>   \relative c' {
>
>     \aikenHeads
>
>     \override NoteHead.
>
>     c2 d2 e2 f2 g2 a2 b2 c2
>
>   }
>
>   \layout {
>
>     #(layout-set-staff-size 21)
>
>   }
>
> }
>
>
>
> \score {
>
>   \relative c' {
>
>     \aikenHeads
>
>     c2 d2 e2 f2 g2 a2 b2 c2
>
>   }
>
>   \layout {
>
>     #(layout-set-staff-size 22)
>
>   }
>
> }
>
>
>
> The D in the first system (at staff size 21) has the note head filled in.
> The D in the second system (with staff size 22) has the note head hollow 
> as
> it should be.
>
>
>
> I’m not sure how to proceed with fixing this.  I can artificially enlarge
> the note heads; but that is an unsatisfactory fix that I’d like to avoid 
> if
> possible.  I’m afraid the real fix would involve a change in the font
> definitions.  It seems the pen size is a bit too large.  Is there a way
> short of changing the font definition of controlling that?


No problem here. See attached.

So I can't help.

-Harm



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Sometimes PDF viewers don't display shapes accurately on screen.  Jim - have 
you tried printing out a problem score, or viewing it much enlarged?

--
Phil Holmes