\mudelafile{noteheadstyle.ly}
-Noteheads can have dots, and ---although this is bad style--- rests
-can too. Augmentation dots should never be printed on a staff line,
-but rather be shifted: down stem notes shift dots down, up stem up.
-In case of chords, all dots should be in a column. The dots go along
-as rests are shifted to avoid collisions.
+Noteheads can have dots, and ---although this is bad style in duple
+meters--- rests can too. Augmentation dots should never be printed on
+a staff line, but rather be shifted: down stem notes shift dots down,
+up stem up. In case of chords, all dots should be in a column. The
+dots go along as rests are shifted to avoid collisions.
\mudelafile{dots.fly}
point) are mixed.
Stems, beams, ties and slurs should behave similarly, when placed
-on the middle staff line.
+on the middle staff line. Of course stem-direction is down for high
+notes, and up for low notes.
\mudelafile{stem-direction.sly}
\mudelafile{stem-spacing.sly}
-Even if a line is very tightly spaced, there will still be room
-between prefatory matter and the following notes. The same holds at
-the end of line.
+Even if a line is very tightly spaced, there will still be room
+between prefatory matter and the following notes. The space after the
+prefatory is very rigid. In contrast, the space before the barline
+must stretch like the space within the measure.
+
+Tight:
\mudelafile{spacing-tight.ly}
+Natural:
+
+\mudelafile{spacing-natural.ly}
+
+Loose:
+
+\mudelafile{spacing-loose.ly}
+
\section{Global stuff}
\mudelafile{bar-scripts.ly}
Staff margins are also markings attached to barlines. They should be
-left otf the staff, and be centered vertically wrt the staff. They
-may be on normal staffs, but also on compound staffs, like the
-PianoStaff
+left of the staff, and be centered vertically wrt the staff. They may
+be on normal staffs, but also on compound staffs, like the PianoStaff
\mudelafile{staff-margin.ly}
Fonts are available in a default set of sizes: 11, 13, 16, 20, 23 and
26pt staffheight. Sizes of the text fonts and symbol fonts are made
-to match the staff dimensions.
+to match the staff dimensions.
\mudelafile{size11.ly}