On 4/19/16 4:32 AM, "reetpetite" <kont...@iljapanzer.de> wrote:
>Dear lilypond-user group, > >I am struggling with a font size problem. >When using abs-fontsize the final pdf font sizes are always a bit smaller >than the values specified > > > >results in a pdf where the font sizes are >default : 10.96 pt >abs-fontsize #16: 15.94 pt >abs-fontsize #12: 11.95 pt >abs-fontsize #10: 9.96pt > >How can I get Lilypond to produce the exact font size specified with >abs-fontsize? > >Looking forward to your input I believe this is due to the fact that there are two different point sizes. A pdf point is 1/72 inch. A LaTeX point is 1/72.27 inch. Thus, the LaTeX point is slightly smaller than a pdf point. LilyPond uses LaTeX points as a design decision. Thus, a 20 point LilyPond font will be slightly less than 20 pdf points in size. You can read about LaTeX lengths here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Lengths Hope this helps, Carl _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
