Re: Crescendo-Decrescendo

[Mats Bengtsson]

Fairchild wrote:
> > 5)  No way found to change default italic font, within \markup or with 
> > \override.
>
>
> See 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Font-select
> ion.html#Font-selection
>
> === I tried many ways.  Didn't find anything effective.

If you are trying to change the font of the (de)crescendo text, then
you have to set the properties of the DynamicText object. For example
to change italics to upright, use
\override DynamicText #'font-shape = #'upright

> > 6)  \markup is not necessary.  Just use "text".
>
>
> That's entirely true as long as you typeset plain text and are happy with
> the default layout. \markup is intended for all these situations where you
> want to do something more fancy. See also the email threads on "Re: Doc
> help: \markup{} vs \mark" and "markup{} vs TextScript" in the archives for
> lilypond-devel, May this year. If you think there are some aspects that have
> are still missing in the latest version of the manual, I'm sure that Graham
> would be happy for your input.
>
> === Cant find the threads you reference.

If you goto
www.lilypond.org -> About -> address@hidden archive -> 2005-05
and search, you will find these threads.

> === Tried using stuff in \markup {}, but all but text string is ignored.

Please provide an example of what you tried. Do the examples in the
manual work for you? Otherwise, you have some problems with your
installation.

> === My first reason for looking at these things was to find a way to change
> the font size in the text cresc.  Still haven't found a way.

As already said earlier, these texts are typeset by the DynamicText
layout object. Just follow the link at the bottom of the manual section
on "Dynamics" and then to the "font-interface" to see all font related
properties that can be set. If you don't understand at all what I'm
talking about, first read the chapter on Changing Defaults in the manual
for version 2.5 (even if you happen to use 2.4, I don't remember).

  /Mats