On 10 May 2006 at 17:39, Johannes Gebauer wrote:

> On 10.05.2006 David W. Fenton wrote:
> > One thing that bothers me about staff lines is that the thickness
> > remains constant even for reduced staves, but staff lines are
> > reduced in size. I can understand why, but it doesn't look right to
> > my eye. It seems to me that barlines that are entirely within a
> > staff group that has the same % reduction should be reduced
> > accordingly.
> 
> It took me a while to work out what you meant, I guess you mean
> barlines in the first line. . . .

No, I mean all barlines in the reduced staves, not just the first one 
(which *can't* have reduced width, as it runs through all staves).

> . . . Personally I think the way they do it is
> right, I wouldn't want different thicknesses of barlines in different
> parts.

Well, it seems to me that if the staff lines are thinner, it looks 
wrong for the barlines to not be thinner. 

But I actually wish the staff lines weren't thinner in reduced 
staves, either.

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David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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