From ab34c8818a78b07f5f4e9d7a42c5a451a76c7768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:35:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Small fixes. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ Documentation/user/introduction.itely | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 45046b95b1..3451e45291 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2003-07-22 Jan Nieuwenhuizen + + * Documentation/user/introduction.itely: Small fixes. + 2003-07-22 Heikki Junes * Documentation/topdocs/AUTHORS.texi: polish. diff --git a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely index be8d69730c..5eac6c63fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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. @multitable @columnfractions .1 .3 .3 .3 @item @tab -- 2.39.5