Greetings Michael,
I believe that, in your \with block, you should add the following lines:
fontSize = #-3
\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep -3)
Hth,
Hwaen Ch'uqi
On 12/7/20, Michael Blankenship <blanken...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’m trying to use an instrument name as a sort of clef for a 12 line staff,
> where a column of characters are engraved just before the staff and each row
> of characters lines up with one of the 11 staff spaces.
>
> So far I’ve only been able to assign the column of text to the instrument
> name, but it’s WAY to big and spaced out. I tried to find the commands to
> tweak the instrument name in the reference manuals, but I just couldn’t
> figure it out. I need to tweak the size of the font, the vertical scale
> (assuming the characters are evenly spaced vertically) and the position. Can
> anyone help out a hapless newbie?
>
> Here’s the code i’ve got so far:
> \new Staff \with {
> instrumentName = \markup {
> \roman {
> \right-column {
> i/iɚ
> ɪ
> eɪ/ɛ/ɛɚ
> æ
> ʌ/ə
> aɪ/ɑ/ɑ˞/aʊ
> ɝ/ɚ
> ɔɪ/ɔ˞/ɔ
> oʊ
> ʊ
> uɚ/u
> } } }
> shortInstrumentName = \markup {
> \roman {
> \right-column {
> i
> ɪ
> ɛ
> æ
> ʌ
> ɑ
> ɝ
> ɔ
> oʊ
> ʊ
> u
> } } }
> }
>
> and here’s a screen cap of the output so far:
>
>
>
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
