Output format (was Re: Brackets wrongly aligned (bf))

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

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> What about outputting DVI directly. As far as I understand the format is
> basically "glyphs in boxes", which should suit the style of Lilypond's
> output. Plus it's designed to work with metafonts. If you want
> postscript/hardcopy output, running dvips is a lot less painful than the
> current TeX pass.


I've been thinking about this: from a programming point of view, this
is  a pain (I think).  You lose macros and pagination.  In return you
have to muck with checksums and binary data. 

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