On Mar 16, 2006, at 12:24 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
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.
Heh, heh! Probably the latter!
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.
I will post it to you privately when I get home tonight. You probably
won't like my settings, but then again, you don't have to. I don't like
them myself half the time, and the other half I don't have the time to
mess with them. Are you on 2006? If so, I can send you a Finale file
and you will be able to read my settings.
P.S. No need to be shy about arguing with Ted Ross (or me). I
disagree with him on plenty of things...
Ha! OK, then! 8-)
Christopher
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