On Mar 16, 2006, at 6:28 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Well, it's hard for me to argue with Ted Ross (or even you, an
experienced user and engraver) but I am perfectly at ease with
continuous curves on slurs. A perfectly flat line might take on the
aspect of a staff line, second ending bracket, or some sort of
extension line instead of the expected curve of a slur. Understand I
am not usually writing for publication, though, so take my opinion
with all the weight they deserve.
However, have you tried making the inset value for very long slurs a
very small value, like 2%, 1% or even zero? This makes the endpoints
curl more (like dragging the control points to each end of the slur)
and might be more to your liking, though of course you still won't get
the flat section you want in the middle. I have made my slur tips
generally a little blunter than the default so that this shows up
better, as the extremely fine tapers don't read well to my eye.
Christopher, can you post an example somewhere? From your description,
I can't tell if it's because you're able to achieve an effect I
couldn't or if you're satisfied with a look that I wouldn't be.
I don't insist that the middle be exactly flat, but I've had plenty of
situations where I wanted a system-long slur and I simply can't get it
to sit low enough without having unattractive ends. Perhaps I'm
missing something.
mdl
P.S. No need to be shy about arguing with Ted Ross (or me). I
disagree with him on plenty of things...
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