Re: Vertical position of markups

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi James,

> One thing I've noticed is that
> even though you may specify \abs-fontsize for each of the
> header elements, any \vspace values between them are
> dependent on the #(set-global-staff-size) value.
> 
> I have set up all the elements and vertical spacing so
> everything appears correctly at global staff size 17. But if
> I need a different staff size, all of the positioning gets
> proportionally squished or expanded.
> 
> I would like to be able to exactly specify on the title page
> where each header element should appear independent of
> the global staff size. Is this possible?

Search for the \put-mm function in the archives -- I now use this exclusively, 
instead of the (slightly flaky) \vspace.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.