Re: Markup next to a note:

[Mats Bengtsson]

What's the point of using embedded postscript instead
of just using the extra-offset property on an ordinary text
script?

    /Mats

Colin Wilding wrote:

> Like this, for example:
>
> ------
> \version "2.8.0"
> cwpsDef = \markup { \postscript #"
>         /CMWFont { /CenturySchL-Roma findfont 2 scalefont setfont } bind def
> 	/CMWOrg { CMWFont (Org.) show } def 
> 	"
> }
>
> cwpsOrg = \markup { \postscript #"-4 1.5 moveto CMWOrg" }
>
> music = \relative c' { 
> 	e4 f g a-\cwpsOrg b c d-\cwpsOrg e 
> }
> \header { 
> 	title = "Title"
>         subsubtitle = \cwpsDef
> }
>
> \score { \new Staff { \new Voice { \music } } }
> \layout { }
>
> ------
>
> Note that the Postscript definitions are hidden in the subsubtitle - that
> means that you can put quite a lot in there and refer to it later.
> The font definition is machine-specific - I worked out what to use by
> examining the .ps file from a simple score.
> The position of the text is determined by the statement '-4 1.5 moveto'. 
> You can tweak this by trial and error.
> The size of the text is determined by the '2' before scalefont.
>
>
>
> Colin
>
>
>
>
>
> Colin Wilding wrote:
>  
>
> > You could use embedded Postscript.  It may take a while to get the hang of
> > it (especially if you have not used Postscript before) but it is very
> > powerful and it is invisible to Lilypond, so you can put objects anywhere
> > and Lilypond will not move things around to avoid them.  For example, I
> > have used it to put in a large bracket where two lyric lines merge into
> > one.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> >
> >
> > Mats Bengtsson-4 wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Not that I know of. The only thing you can place to the left/right
> > > of a note is fingering instructions and I don't know any trick to fool 
> > > LilyPond into typesetting anything else than numbers as fingerings. 
> > > Maybe someone feels like sponsoring Han-Wen to implement a more general 
> > > solution, you are certainly not the first one to ask the question.
> > >
> > >   /Mats
> > >
> > > Quoting Geoff Horton <address@hidden>:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I want to put a small script to the left of a note. This puts it 
> > > > below the note:
> > > >
> > > > d2_\markup \small \italic "Org."
> > > >
> > > > Is there any way short of using manual offsets to move it?
> > > >
> > > > Geoff
> > > >
> > > >
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