From: Andrew Hawryluk Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 04:22:24 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Essay: freshened up Baerenreiter images X-Git-Tag: release/2.13.4-1~76 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ecd683280c02255039964eb9c33490b0263d6129;p=lilypond.git Essay: freshened up Baerenreiter images Remove annotations from baer-ledger.png, add original scan of Bach's Sarabande, straighten baer-sarabande.png, and add a high resolution (1200 dpi) b/w version for the PDF. --- diff --git a/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely b/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely index ace6cc1c08..d75e546cff 100644 --- a/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely +++ b/Documentation/essay/engraving.itely @@ -77,14 +77,15 @@ several of those aspects that we have tried to imitate in LilyPond. @node Music Fonts @unnumberedsubsec Music Fonts -The images below illustrate the difference between traditional engraving -and typical computer output. The left picture shows a scan of a flat -symbol from a hand-engraved Bärenreiter edition, while the right picture -depicts a symbol from an edition of the same music published in 2000. -Although both images are printed in the shame shade of ink, the earlier -version looks darker: the staff lines are heavier, and the Bärenreiter -flat has a bold, almost voluptuous rounded look. The right scan, on the -other hand, has thinner lines and a straight layout with sharp corners. +The images below illustrate some differences between traditional +engraving and typical computer output. The left picture shows a scan of +a flat symbol from a hand-engraved Bärenreiter edition, while the right +picture depicts a symbol from an edition of the same music published in +2000. Although both images are printed in the shame shade of ink, the +earlier version looks darker: the staff lines are heavier, and the +Bärenreiter flat has a bold, almost voluptuous rounded look. The right +scan, on the other hand, has thinner lines and a straight layout with +sharp corners. @multitable @columnfractions .25 .25 .25 .25 @item @tab @@ -269,27 +270,60 @@ more space is needed to keep it from feeling crowded: @node Ledger Lines @unnumberedsubsec Ledger Lines -@ifnotinfo +@cindex ledger lines +@cindex collisions + +Ledger lines present a typographical challenge: they make it more +difficult to space musical symbols close together and they must be clear +enough to identify the pitch at a glance. In the example below, we see +that ledger lines should be thicker than normal staff lines and that an +expert engraver will shorten a ledger line to allow closer spacing with +accidentals. We have included this feature in LilyPond's engraving. + +@multitable @columnfractions .25 .25 .25 .25 +@item @tab + @iftex -@image{pictures/baer-ledger,4cm} +@image{pictures/baer-ledger,3cm} @end iftex @ifnottex -@image{pictures/baer-ledger,,,png} +@sourceimage{baer-ledger,,,png} @end ifnottex -@end ifnotinfo -@ifinfo -@image{lilypond/pictures/baer-ledger,,,,png} -@end ifinfo + +@tab + +@iftex +@image{pictures/lily-ledger,3cm} +@end iftex +@ifnottex +@sourceimage{lily-ledger,,,png} +@end ifnottex + +@end multitable @node Slurs @unnumberedsubsec Slurs +slur-tilt example + @node Why work so hard? @unnumberedsubsec Why work so hard? Musicians are usually more absorbed with performing than with studying the looks of a piece of music, so nitpicking -typographical details may seem academic. But it is not. In +typographical details may seem academic. But it is not. + +Sheet music is performance material: everything is done to aid the +musician in letting him perform better. Music often is far away from its +reader--it might be on a music stand. To make it clearly readable, +traditionally printed sheet music always uses bold symbols, on heavy +staff lines, and is printed on large sheets of paper. This "strong" look +is also present in the horizontal spacing. To minimize the number of +page breaks, (hand-engraved) sheet music is spaced very tightly. Yet, by +a careful distribution of white space, the feeling of balance is +retained, and a clutter of symbols is avoided. (1.8) + +In larger pieces with monotonous rhythms, spacing corrections lead to subtle variations in the layout of every line, giving each one a distinct visual signature. Without this signature all lines would @@ -342,31 +376,21 @@ to see and love to play from. Bärenreiter: -@ifnotinfo @iftex -@image{pictures/baer-sarabande,16cm} +@image{pictures/baer-sarabande-hires,16cm} @end iftex @ifnottex -@image{pictures/baer-sarabande,,,png} +@sourceimage{baer-sarabande,,,png} @end ifnottex -@end ifnotinfo -@ifinfo -@image{lilypond/pictures/baer-sarabande,,,,png} -@end ifinfo LilyPond 1.4: -@ifnotinfo @iftex @image{pictures/lily14-sarabande,16cm} @end iftex @ifnottex -@image{pictures/lily14-sarabande,,,png} +@sourceimage{lily14-sarabande,,,png} @end ifnottex -@end ifnotinfo -@ifinfo -@image{lilypond/pictures/lily14-sarabande,,,,png} -@end ifinfo LilyPond @version{}: diff --git a/Documentation/pictures/baer-ledger.png b/Documentation/pictures/baer-ledger.png index ccf8196717..c198aeae80 100644 Binary files a/Documentation/pictures/baer-ledger.png and b/Documentation/pictures/baer-ledger.png differ diff --git a/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande-hires.png b/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande-hires.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..06be5138ad Binary files /dev/null and b/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande-hires.png differ diff --git a/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande-original.jpg b/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande-original.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ceedd4a043 Binary files /dev/null and b/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande-original.jpg differ diff --git a/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande.png b/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande.png index ae65e6e9f7..ec09b52e30 100644 Binary files a/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande.png and b/Documentation/pictures/baer-sarabande.png differ