Re: songbook questions

[fiëé visuëlle]

Am 2005-07-29 um 00:47 schrieb Graham Percival:
> > I'd like to prepare some song sheets where the text of second and  
> > more verses is simply set in one or two columns below the staffs.
> For one-column verses, simply use the \book command with \markup.  See
> 10.1.12 Multiple movements

Thank you.

> > I'd like to get a PDF or EPS of only staffs and related lyrics,  
> > without titling and whitespace, so that I can place the notes as  
> > graphics. How can I setup that?
> If I understand correctly, just use hidden notes (advanced notation  
> -> educational
> use), and don't define any headers.

Ok, I wrote ambiguous. I meant:
How can I get an EPS or PDF cropped to the staffs (with notes,  
without unnecessary whitespace around)?


> > Further I'd like to use an other font for lyrics and chords (same  
> > font as in the rest of my publication). How must I setup that? Can  
> > I use MacOS X's system fonts or must I install fonts like for TeX?
> Re-read the section on text and documentation for pango/ 
> fontconfig.  This is
> outside my area, but I'm pretty sure that you can set up pango/ 
> fontconfig to use
> OSX system fonts.

That would help to use system fonts.
But how can I use some  (properly installed) font for the lyrics?  
(Sorry, I didn't find it in the docs!)

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