Hello all, Just in case it helps anyone else, here’s a little snippet I made up to generate the standard staff sizes (as per Gould p. 483).
Best, Kieren. ____________________________________ \version "2.17.97" \paper { indent = 1\in right-margin = 2\in ragged-right = ##f } \layout { \context { \Staff \remove "Bar_engraver" } } \markup \abs-fontsize #18 \fill-line { \line { \hspace #8 "Standard Rastral Staff Sizes" } } \markup \vspace #2 \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 26.18) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 26.18 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#0" "9.2mm" "(26.18)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 22.48) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 22.48 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#1" "7.9mm" "(22.48)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 21.06) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 21.06 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#2" "7.4mm" "(21.06)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { \context { \Staff instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column \bold { "Lilypond" "Default" "(20)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 19.92) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 19.92 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#3" "7mm" "(19.92)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 18.49) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 18.49 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#4" "6.5mm" "(18.49)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 17.07) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 17.07 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#5" "6mm" "(17.07)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 15.65) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 15.65 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#6" "5.5mm" "(15.65)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 13.66) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 13.66 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#7" "4.8mm" "(13.66)" } } } } \score { \new Staff \relative c' { c4 d e f g a b c } \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 10.53) \context { \Staff \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(/ 10.53 20) instrumentName = \markup \abs-fontsize #12 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2.75) \center-column { "#8" "3.7mm" "(10.53)" } } } } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user