Hi Damian,
> how do I get the dotted line to align with the bottom of the 8 rather than
> the middle?
This is the kind of thing I use, though it’s old enough that there may well be
better ways nowadays:
%%% SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.25.11"
loco = \ottava #0
#(define eightva
#{
%% messing around with \with-dimensions,
%% because OttavaBracket has no details.stencil-align-dir-y
\markup
\with-dimensions #'(0 . 4) #'(-1 . 0.75)
\lower #0.225 \italic \concat { "8" \hspace #0.05 \fontsize #-0.5 "va" }
#})
#(define eightva-par
#{
\markup
\translate #'(0.625 . 0) \with-dimensions #'(0 . 5.5) #'(-1 . 0.75)
\lower #0.25 \concat { "(" \hspace #0.05 \italic { "8" \hspace #0.125
"va" } ")" }
#})
octU = {
\once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.font-shape = #'upright
\once \override Staff.OttavaBracket.before-line-breaking =
#(lambda (grob) (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'text eightva))
\override Staff.OttavaBracket.after-line-breaking =
#(lambda (grob)
(let* ((orig (ly:grob-original grob))
(siblings (if (ly:grob? orig)
(ly:spanner-broken-into orig)
'())))
(if (> (length siblings) 1)
(for-each
(lambda (sib) (ly:grob-set-property! sib 'text eightva-par))
(cdr siblings)))))
\ottava #1
}
{
R1
\octU c'''4 4 4 4 \break
c'''4 4 4 4
c'''1 \loco
}
%%% SNIPPET ENDS
Hope that helps!
Kieren.
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