> Or from the computer-based point of view: Is anything wrong with > choosing a staff size of 19.1?
>From the computer-based view, no. From the typography-based view, yes. Something as small as that won't likely make a difference, but the further from its intended size you force a glyph the worse it looks. On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Noeck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I try to answer my own mail after having searched the internet for answers: > > > 1. Is there a world wide standard for staff sizes? > > No. > > > 2. Are "Rastral Staff Sizes" always the same? I once found a different > > list of rastral sizes. The differences are on the level of 2%, but I > > wonder if there is some official reference. > > No. The idea is always the same but there are several different values > around. Some agree and differ only because they are rounded differently > to fractions of mm or inches. A comparison will follow from my side. > > > 3. Why does LilyPond suggest other staff sizes? > > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/setting-the-staff-size.html > > Where do they come from? > > They follow a logarithmic/exponential law: > size(n) = 10 pt * 2^(n/6) > Where pt is the TeX-pt 1/72 inch = 25.4 / 72 mm. > The Feta font names are rounded except for the 25.2 which is rounded up > to 26 (probably to make clear, that the interval does not get smaller > again). > > > 4. Are "Rastral Staff Sizes" just a result of the fact that the tools > > for hand-engraved music can not scale arbitrarily? > > Or from the computer-based point of view: Is anything wrong with > > choosing a staff size of 19.1? > > I suppose the staff sizes can be chosen freely. It is advisable to chose > from a suggested range. > > Cheers, > Joram > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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