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Re: [OT} Was "Re: Rounded beams"
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David Kastrup |
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Re: [OT} Was "Re: Rounded beams" |
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Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:01:45 +0100 |
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Tim Reeves <address@hidden> writes:
>>"LilyPond's focus is creating good, readable scores. That's what
> typography is about. Not creating visual artworks. The boundary
> conditions for bulk manufacturing work (like engraving once was) are not
> that dissimilar: skilled and effective workers are not the same as
> artists. Typography is about rendering the content, not being it."
>
>
> There are obviously some different philosophies at play here, but the line
> between "good, readable scores" and "visual artworks" is at least a little
> fuzzy, isn't it?
"Good, readable scores" is the boundary condition. Meeting it with
standard elements is typography. If we are talking about individualized
artworks where readability takes a second place in the priorities,
that's not typography but calligraphy.
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David Kastrup