> De : Frank Nordberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> A : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Objet : Re: [abcusers] free Finale
> Date�: vendredi 27 octobre 2000 22:24
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> 5. Readability.
> I've already mentioned some factors that affect readability, such as
> the incorrect propotion between note head size and line spacing, and the
> slightly cramped allotment, but the overall scaling is far too small
> too. I'd hate to be force to sightread complex music printed from
> abc2ps. This seems to be a part of the general "early 20th century
> British trad. music" style. It seems the trend there was to try to get
> as much music as possible onto a page. That was, of course, done to
> reduce printing costs, and I'm pretty certain that it was the only way
> to publish something like the two O'Neill books at a reasonable price.
> It does, however make the notation ahrder to read, and also very
> vulnerable to print-quality reducing processes like photcopying,
> on-screen viewing and converting to web graphics.
OK, abc2ps is not Finale and the abc2finale idea seems good if you want it
(for my own usage, I would prefer an update of abc2mTeX).
But, please be honest and read the doc (the userguide in the abctab2ps
distribution is excellent) before speaking too loud.
Changing symbols size is very easy with abc2ps.
>
> 6. Page design
> When it comes to adjusting the page design - the font, size and
> positioning of titles etc., the space between the staffs, all those text
> blocks you need...
> Well, there simply is no such thing in abc2ps.
False. There is. As I said, read the doc.
> Oh, I suppose there is some obscure %% command that can do some of the
> job, but it's not nearly enough - and far too complicated in any case.
Nothing complicated at all. Just read the doc (again) and learn to use it.
BTW, I can understand that transcribing O'Neil's book doesn't let that much
time to read the manuals ;)
Christophe
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