Hi, 2013/7/28 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>
> Nick Payne <nick.pa...@internode.on.net> writes: > > > On 28/07/13 11:47, MarcM wrote: > >> You explanation and example were helpful. I suggest to add them to > >> this page: > >> > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/formatting-text > +1 for adding this to documentation. > >> > >> % this > >> \markup { \huge \line { fee fie foe fum } } > >> % or that will separate the expressions with _normal_ size spaces > >> \markup { \huge { fee fie foe fum } } > >> % or > >> \markup { \huge fee\huge fie\huge foe\huge fum } > >> % whereas this will use _huge_ spaces between words. > >> \markup { \huge "fee fie foe fum" } > >> > > > > That suggestion doesn't make sense to me. Those four markup commands > > will all produce identical markup with identical spacing. > > Actually, MarcM committed copy&paste error here. What I wrote was > > % So if you write > \markup { \huge { fee fie foe fum } } > % this is the same as > \markup { \huge fee \huge fie \huge foe \huge fum } > % or even > \markup { \huge fee\huge fie\huge foe\huge fum } > % and will separate the expressions with _normal_ size spaces whereas > \markup { \huge "fee fie foe fum" } > % or > \markup { \huge \line { fee fie foe fum } } > % will use _huge_ spaces between words. > > And look-and-behold, LilyPond does _not_ agree with me here in that > _only_ the fourth line sticks out. So \huge does not appear to scale > LilyPond's idea of word space, but the fourth line still looks different > because when you use literal spaces, it is Pango's idea of the space > width that is getting used, not LilyPond's, and Pango's idea scales. > > It turns out that \huge ... is defined equivalent to > \override #'(font-size . 2) ... > whereas > \fontsize #2 > would be equivalent to > > \override #'(font-size . 2) \override #`(word-space . ,(magstep 2)) > \override #`(baseline-skip . ,...) > > Actually, things are even more complex since \fontsize accumulates > while \huge doesn't. > This is indeed quite inconsistent... Janek
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