Fwd: Re: Text setting

[Edward Neeman]

--- Edward Neeman <address@hidden> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:27:45 +1100 (EST)
> From: Edward Neeman <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Text setting
> To: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
> 
> Hi list, Hi Mats,
> 
> In general I agree that \mark is the best way to add
> tempos, etc. at the top of the score.  However I
> have
> problems when I need a tempo marking in the middle
> of
> a bar, since for some reason a Rehearsal mark not on
> the barline take up a lot of horizontal space.  Is
> there a way to prevent this- without adding extra
> bar-lines everywhere?
> 
> Cheers,
> Edward Neeman
> 
> --- Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > If you want your text indication typeset on top of
> > the upper stave at
> > the beginning of the score, you should definitely
> > use a
> > \mark \markup{...} before the first note (or the
> > first rest, as in this
> > case). By default, such an indication will be
> > centered on top of the key
> > signature whereas it will look better if it is
> left
> > aligned in your
> > example. This is easy to fix, see the following
> > example:
> > 
> > \version "2.6.3"
> > \score{
> > {
> >    \key c \minor
> >    \override Score.RehearsalMark
> #'self-alignment-X
> > = #LEFT
> >    \mark \markup{ \fontsize #2.5 { With passion }
> (
> > \raise # 0.5 { \note 
> > #"2" #1.0 }=55) }
> >    R1
> > }
> > }
> > 
> > To move around a full markup, I would in general
> > recommend to use the
> > padding property if you just want to change the
> > vertical position
> > and extra-offset if you want to move also
> > horizontally (if it doesn't
> > help to just set the alignment). See "Common
> Tweaks"
> > in the manual for
> > more information. As was already pointed out, you
> > have to make sure that
> > you set the property on the relevant layout
> object.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    /Mats
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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