Re: Issue 3128: add Haydn-style turns to Feta (issue 340660043 by address@hidden)

[lilypond]

On 2018/04/10 09:47:31, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
> This is gorgeous! Thanks very much!

> Is the \haydnturn supposed to be symmetrical w.r.t. the stem? To me it
looks as
> if it weighs slightly more on the left, but maybe I'm wrong? (And I'm
also not
> sure if this would be a problem if I were right.)

The symbol is 100% symmetrical as I tested with the following code:

\markup \fill-line {
  \fontsize #20 \overlay {
    \rotate #180 \with-color #red \musicglyph "scripts.haydnturn"
    \musicglyph "scripts.haydnturn"
  }
}

But maybe it’s not well-balanced nethertheless?

> (The Henle score that prompted me to ask in the first place - Haydn
Symphony Nr.
> 13 in Haydn, Werke, Reihe I, Band 3, ed. Braun/Gerlach - has a less
curly
> version of the \haydnturn, but I like your design better.)

Yes, I don’t like the Henle (1972) version as well. I copied the fact
that it’s less bold than the turn and mordent but I made it a little but
more curly and centered the stem vertically (Henle makes the upper half
of the stem longer than the lower).

> As for the \slashturn: I think the lenght of the stem is okay. But I
started to
> wonder if the \slashturn should really be as "thick" at its waist as
the usual
> \turn. Maybe there is a slight disbalance between the two parts (turn
vs.
> slash).

You’re right. \turn and \reverseturn are 10% thicker at the very center
than at the “outer” thick parts. Making the \slashturn 4% thinner
instead looks good to me.

Maybe that’s also the reason for imbalance in the \haydnturn. Same
thickness instead of 10% thicker might look better.

I’ll make a patch set for slimmer center parts and attach the resulting
PDF to the sourceforge issue.


https://codereview.appspot.com/340660043/