Re: Is Lilypond’s G-Clef too straight?

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Lilypond has a very characteristic G-Clef. I’ve only seen a handful
>> of Bärenreiter scores with a similar clef.

Actually, I consider it the most beautiful glyph of Emmentaler.

>> I personally find the Lilypond-Clef beautiful, but quite some
>> people find it a bit too characteristic.  I think part of this
>> could come from the Clef being very straight.  In most editions the
>> G-Clef has a slant forward, so that the right edge is less leaning
>> backward.
>>
>> So I’ve simply tried to rotate the clef a bit, and I’ve found that
>> with just a slight rotation the clef looks much more like a
>> „standard” G-clef.  So what do you think about this?  Could it be
>> that the G-clef of Feta is just slightly too straight?
> 
> This reminds me of https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/1752
> See also the discussion at
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2011-07/msg00183.html

Your idea is worthwhile to consider.  However, rotation alone doesn't
do it; in particular, it worsens the bottom of the glyph: IMHO, the
bottommost horizontal tangent must touch the outline exactly where it
is now.  Due to rotation, it moves to the right, causing an imbalanced
look for me.  This essentially means that you have to modify the
METAFONT code to get what you suggest.


    Werner