Re: Lighter appearance

[Francisco Vila]

2008/11/15 Johan Vromans <address@hidden>:
> I think I found an explanation. My score sample was typeset with
>
>  #(set-global-staff-size 14)
>
> I'd expected the line thickness to scale accordingly, but apparently
> this is not the case (4.2.1, Setting the staff size):
>
>  Each font is tuned for a different staff size: at a smaller size the
>  font becomes heavier, to match the relatively heavier staff lines.
>
> "relatively heavier staff lines" seems to imply that the lines do not
> get thinner when a smaller staff size is selected.

Not necessarily. Staff lines are thinner but not in the same
proportion. They would be illegible for small staff sizes if their
thickness were proportional.
-- 
Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
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