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diff --git a/Documentation/automated-engraving/typography-features.itexi b/Documentation/automated-engraving/typography-features.itexi index 3e57bae77f..dd748576e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/automated-engraving/typography-features.itexi +++ b/Documentation/automated-engraving/typography-features.itexi @@ -17,23 +17,21 @@ blackness of the page. By using heavy stafflines, and a font design to match that, the overall impression is much stronger. This is also very clear from the following blowups: -@table asis@item -@tab +@multitable @columnfractions .3 .3 .3 +@item -@image{pictures/henle-flat-gray,,,.png} +@sourceimage{henle-flat-gray,,,.png} @tab -@image{pictures/baer-flat-gray,,,.png} +@sourceimage{baer-flat-gray,,,.png} @tab -@image{pictures/lily-flat-bw,,,.png} +@sourceimage{lily-flat-bw,,,.png} @item - -@tab Henle (2000) @tab @@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ LilyPond (2003) -@end table +@end multitable Another typical aspect of hand-engraved scores is the general look of the symbols. They almost never have sharp corners. This is because @@ -55,7 +53,8 @@ also present in all glyphs of our "Feta" font. -@unnumberedsec Spacing +@c @unnumberedsec Spacing +@heading Spacing One of the problems that the Bach piece above inspired us to attack is the spacing engine. One of its features is optical spacing. @@ -63,11 +62,11 @@ It is demonstrated in the fragment below. @divClass{float-center} @divEnd -@image{pictures/spacing-with-corr,,,.png} +@sourceimage{spacing-with-corr,,,.png} @divClass{float-center} @divEnd -@image{pictures/spacing-no-corr,,,.png} +@sourceimage{spacing-no-corr,,,.png} This fragment only uses quarter notes: notes that are played in a constant rhythm. The spacing should reflect that. Unfortunately, the @@ -81,7 +80,8 @@ with this correction, the bottom one without. In the last case, the down-stem/up-stems combinations form clumps of notes. -@unnumberedsec Ledger lines +@c @unnumberedsec Ledger lines +@heading Ledger lines Ledger lines are typographically difficult. They can easily blot together with other signs, such as ledger lines or @@ -89,27 +89,25 @@ accidentals. Other software prevents these collisions by spacing the lines wider (thus taking up more space), or shortening ledger lines (which hampers readability.) -@table asis@item -@tab +@multitable @columnfractions .3 .3 .3 +@item -@image{pictures/henle-ledger,,,.png} +@sourceimage{henle-ledger,,,.png} @tab -@image{pictures/baer-ledger,,,.png} +@sourceimage{baer-ledger,,,.png} @tab -@image{pictures/lily-ledger,,,.png} +@sourceimage{lily-ledger,,,.png} @item - -@tab Henle (2000) @tab @@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ LilyPond (2004) -@end table +@end multitable Traditional engravers would adjust the size of a ledger line, depending on what symbols were in the neighborhood. LilyPond does the @@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ lines, and they are shortened when there is an accidental. @divClass{float-right} @divEnd -Next: @ref{input-format.html,Use the Source, Luke}, or: what +Next: @ref{input-format,Use the Source, Luke}, or: what goes into LilyPond. @bye |