Fred G. Unn wrote:I'm pretty sure beam thickness is fairly standard at a 1/2 space. If it's larger than that, won't it mess up some of the sit-straddle-hang rules designed to avoid wedges?
As long as the increased thickness is achieved at the expense of the gap between the primary and secondary beams, as in Octo's example, I don't think wedges will be a problem. Beams in plate engraved scores are often thicker than half a space. If used with the Patterson Beams Plug-in, I think too much beam thickness will mess up the results, though, and in any case, one probably shouldn't increase the thickness more than half the thickness of the stafflines.
I have my beams set at 12.5 EVPUs without gap compensation, corresponding to the Patterson Henle-Beams settings, even though I use Beam slants more in line with Ted Ross' recommendations. This works fine, but then again, it is a very slight increase.
