[Reviving an old thread]
From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: absolute font size issues
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:25:20 +0100 (CET)
>> D'oh. A closer look into the sources of my old project dates 2011,
>> and I did not use \abs-... but \...-mm instead and gave all
>> di
From: Marc Hohl
Subject: Re: absolute font size issues
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:09:07 +0100
> Am 12.11.2014 um 13:35 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
>>
>>> Well, I was about to answer, but somehow ...
>>
>> :-)
>>
>>> I defined some \abs-... markup comman
Am 12.11.2014 um 20:09 schrieb Marc Hohl:
Am 12.11.2014 um 13:35 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
Well, I was about to answer, but somehow ...
:-)
I defined some \abs-... markup commands myself
Ha! Where are they? I guess this would have saved me many hours of
wading through obscure LilyPond Sc
Am 12.11.2014 um 13:35 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
Well, I was about to answer, but somehow ...
:-)
I defined some \abs-... markup commands myself
Ha! Where are they? I guess this would have saved me many hours of
wading through obscure LilyPond Scheme code...
D'oh. A closer look into the
> Well, I was about to answer, but somehow ...
:-)
> I defined some \abs-... markup commands myself
Ha! Where are they? I guess this would have saved me many hours of
wading through obscure LilyPond Scheme code...
> and wondered if it would be feasible to implement a "switch" –
> something l
Am 12.11.2014 um 07:42 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
[...]
Given that responses on this list are often within minutes, and these
my questions stayed unanswered I guess that no-one has thought about
this, which actually surprises me.
Well, I was about to answer, but somehow ...
I defined some \abs-
> \markup { \abs-fontsize #200 {
> \abs-baseline-skip #250 {
> \column { A A } } } }
An alternative to `\abs-baseline-skip' is a scaling function
`pt-to-staff-space', see below. While being more versatile, it's
probably more awkward to use...
Werner
> . What's the unit of \abs-fontsize's `SIZE' parameter?
> Typographical Points, i.e. 72.27pt = 1 inch? The documentation
> lacks this.
After investigations I now know that the unit of `SIZE' is indeed
Typographical Points. This *must* be mentioned right there, since it
otherwise cont
Folks,
to get a consistent global layout of a title, it seems to me that the
best solution is to use absolute font-size values so that
`set-global-staff-size' doesn't influence the layout. However, there
are some issues.
. What's the unit of \abs-fontsize's `SIZE' parameter?
Typographica
