From: Trevor Daniels Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:04:55 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Doc: Correct typos in Essay X-Git-Tag: release/2.15.0-1~89 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7ad21bc1c7d8407e8f21088415c1ad117e84fd9d;p=lilypond.git Doc: Correct typos in Essay - as notified by Peter Woods. --- diff --git a/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely b/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely index dc11bbb4d1..53c8ecf6af 100644 --- a/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely +++ b/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ and movement, and it feels like a living, breathing piece of music, while the newer edition seems cold and mechanical. It is hard to immediately see what makes the difference with the newer -edition. Everything looks neat and tiny, possibly even @qq{better} +edition. Everything looks neat and tidy, possibly even @qq{better} because it looks more computerized and uniform. This really puzzled us for quite a while. We wanted to improve computer notation, but we first had to figure out what was wrong with it. @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ vertical strokes are heavier. In spacing, the distribution of space should reflect the durations between notes. However, as we saw in the Bach Suite above, many modern scores adhere to the durations with mathematical precision, which leads -to poor results. In the next example a motive is printed twice: the +to poor results. In the next example a motif is printed twice: the first time using exact mathematical spacing, and the second with corrections. Which do you prefer? @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ We can also measure LilyPond's ability to make music engraving decisions automatically by comparing LilyPond's output to the output of a commercial software product. In this case we have chosen Finale 2008, which is one of the most popular commercial score writers, particularly -in North America. Sibelius is their major rival and they appear to be +in North America. Sibelius is its major rival and appears to be especially strong in the European market. For our comparison we selected Bach's Fugue in G minor from the @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ Some shortcomings in the unedited Finale output include: @item Most of the beams extend too far off the staff. A beam that points towards the center of the staff should have a length of about one octave, but engravers shorten this when the beam points away from the -staff in multi-voice music. The Finale beaming can be easily improved +staff in multi-voice music. The Finale beaming can easily be improved with their Patterson Beams plug-in, but we elected to skip that step for this example. @item Finale doesn't adjust the positions of interlocking note heads,