Re: Layout for dummies (fixing staves distances in a system)

[Mats Bengtsson]

Jayaratna wrote:

> Dear members,
>
> I am reading this forum since sometimes, as I am doing my first steps in
> Lilypond.
>
> I am making a score in which I have two systems of eight staves each per
> page (I managed to do that by setting page size to a3 and shrinking it to a4
> on printing it: I guess it's not really proper, but I still have to figure
> out how to change staves and font size, but this is a different problem).
>  
It should be easier to directly reduce the size of the typeset music
so that it fits on A4 paper, by adding a line like
#(set-global-staff-size 18)
at the top of your file (default size is 20), and/or using the first
option mentioned at 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages#Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages

> Lilypond keeps stretching and narrowing the space between staves, so that my
> systems are floating up and down on different pages.
>
> I found some explanations about this already here in the forum, but, as my
> english is not good enough and my knowledge of Lilypond is limited, I'd need
> some more help.
>  
The first thing you should note, is that the spacing mechanisms
are very different in version 2.11 compared to version 2.10, so
many of the hints you find in the mailing list archives from the
last year are not relevant to your version of LilyPond (2.10).

Otherwise, the relevant information for you can be found at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Vertical-spacing#Vertical-spacing
In short, LilyPond tries to be intelligent about the spacing.

  /Mats

> Here is my score block:
>
> %*****************************Score***********************
> \score {
>
>
>
>
>         \new StaffGroup <<
>                 \new GrandStaff
>                                 <<
>                                 \new Staff { \flautoa}
>                                 \new Staff { \flautob}  
>                                 >>
>                 \new GrandStaff
>                                 <<
>                                 \new Staff { \Violinoa} 
>                                 \new Staff { \Violinob}
>                                 >>
>                 \new Staff { \Viola}
>                 \new Staff { \Continuo}         
>                 \new PianoStaff << \cembalo >>
>         
>         
>                         >>        
>
>         \layout{
>                 \context {
>                         \Score
>                         \override BarNumber #'padding = #2
>                         %#(layout-set-staff-size 8)
>                 }
>         
>         }
> %********************************************************
>
> How do I get fixed spaces between staves in this code?
>
> I am running Lilypond 2.10.33.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Andrea
>  


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