RE: String number in a \markup

[Nick Payne]

You can use \lower #value. eg

\markup {
                \column { 
                "line 1"
                \lower #1 "line 2"
                }
        }

Play around with the value to get the desired spacing.

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
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> Behalf Of David Stocker
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:48
> To: M Watts
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: String number in a \markup
> 
> How can I manipulate the space between lines in a \column? I'd like to
> reduce the space between the two lines in the below example by about
> 25%. I didn't see this referenced anywhere in the section on Text in
> the
> Notation Reference.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dave
> 
> David Stocker wrote:
> > Thanks.
> >
> > To elaborate, and make it a little more elegant looking:
> >
> > \version "2.12"
> >
> > \relative c' {
> >  c1_\markup {
> >    \column {
> >      \line { \general-align #Y #CENTER { \teeny \bold { \circle 5 }
> > "=" "G" } }
> >      \line { \general-align #Y #CENTER { \teeny \bold { \circle 6 }
> > "=" "C" } }
> >    }
> >  }
> > }
> >
> > Jonathan-I think this does what we're looking for. It doesn't call
> the
> > characters used for the string numbers, but it looks very similar.
> Now
> > we need to move it left so that it's left aligned the clef, below the
> > first line in the score.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > M Watts wrote:
> >> David Stocker wrote:
> >>> Hi folks,
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to insert a string number into a \markup? What I
> need
> >>> is to indicate a scordatura for a guitar piece like this:
> >>>
> >>> \markup {
> >>>  \column {
> >>>    \line { \small "5 = G" }
> >>>    \line { \small "6 = C" }
> >>>  }
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> where the '5' and '6' are identical to their analogous string
> >>> numbers (i.e. they are encircled)
> >>>
> >>> In the Feta Font, these don't seem to by music-glyphs. Is there a
> >>> reasonably easy way to call these within a \markup? are they glyphs
> >>> from another font?
> >>>
> >>
> >> \markup {
> >> \column {
> >>   \line { \small \circle 5 "= G" }
> >>   \line { \small \circle 6 "= C" }
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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