I would like to see the following implemented, which would *greatly*
enhance typesetting, reducing manual positioning a lot.
The problem: A symbol like `f' is normally positioned below the note
it is attached to. However, since `f' is quite a tall glyph, it needs
a large amount of vertical space. Especially in full scores, this can
lead to serious vertical spacing issues. In many cases, however, the
`f' can be moved up considerably if it is slightly moved to the left
at the same time: either there is a rest before the note, or the
distance to the previous note is sufficiently large to do such a shift
without collision. Obviously, this must be done manually currently.
The idea: We could introduce `fuzzy horizontal positioning', allowing
movable symbols like the `f' to deviate from its ideal position
automatically. An algorithm could look like this:
1. Do a normal layout and check whether there are movable symbols
which stick out extremely in the vertical direction, and which
detoriorate the vertical layout.
2. Try to do a fuzzy horizontal positioning for all affected
symbols.
3. Continue with layout.
I have no idea whether this can be easily implemented...
Werner
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