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+2003-07-22  Jan Nieuwenhuizen  <janneke@gnu.org>
+
+       * Documentation/user/introduction.itely: Small fixes.
+
 2003-07-22  Heikki Junes  <hjunes@cc.hut.fi>
 
        * Documentation/topdocs/AUTHORS.texi: polish.

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 There are a lot of programs that let you print sheet music with a
 computer. Unfortunately, most of them do not do good job.  Most
 computer printouts have a bland, mechanical look, and are unpleasant
-to play from.  If you agree with us on that, than you will like
+to play from.  If you agree with us on that, then you will like
 LilyPond: we have tried to capture the original look of hand-engraved
 music in a program: we have tuned our algorithms, font-designs, and
 program settings to make the output match that of the old editions
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ that we love to see and love to play from.
 @cindex engraving
 @cindex typography
 
+@c eerste zin beetje deur in huis
 Making sheet music may seem trivial, ``you print 5 lines, and then put
 in the notes at different heights'', but as you learn more of it, the
 opposite turns out to be true. One has to master two difficult
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ music require still newer and more complex notations.
 
 The term music engraving derives from the traditional process of music
 printing.  Only a few decades ago, sheet music was made by cutting and
-stamping the music into zinc or pewter plates, mirrored. The plate
+stamping the music into zinc or pewter plates, in mirror image. The plate
 would be inked, and the depressions caused by the cutting and stamping
 would hold ink.  An image was formed by pressing paper to the
 plate. The stamping and cutting was completely done by hand. Making
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ one go. Of course, this was a highly specialized skill, much more so
 than the traditional process of printing books.
 @cindex craftsmanship
 @cindex master
-In the traditional German system of  craftsmanship six years of full-time
+In the traditional German system of craftsmanship six years of full-time
 training, more than any other craft, were required before a student
 could call himself a master of the art. After that many more years of
 practical experience were needed to become an established music
@@ -103,13 +104,14 @@ mensural and gregorian notation, is being worked on.
 We have used these observations in designing LilyPond.  The images
 below shows the flat symbol. On the left, a scan from a Henle edition,
 which was made by a computer, and in the center is the flat from a
-B@"{a}renreiter edition of the same music. The left scan illustrates
-typical flaws of computer print: the symbol is much lighter, the staff
-lines are thinner, and the glyph has a straight layout with sharp
-corners. By contrast, the B@"{a}renreiter has a bold and almost
-voluptuous rounded look.  Our flat symbol is designed after, among
-others, this one.  It is tuned it to harmonize with the thickness of
-our staff lines, which are also much thicker than Henle's lines.
+hand engraved B@"{a}renreiter edition of the same music. The left scan
+illustrates typical flaws of computer print: the symbol is much
+lighter, the staff lines are thinner, and the glyph has a straight
+layout with sharp corners. By contrast, the B@"{a}renreiter has a bold
+and almost voluptuous rounded look.  Our flat symbol is designed
+after, among others, this one.  It is tuned it to harmonize with the
+thickness of our staff lines, which are also much thicker than Henle's
+lines.
 
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