Re: Line spacing inconsistency

[James]

Hello,


> From:  Neil Puttock
> Subject:  Re: Line spacing inconsistency
> Date:  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:22:38 +0100
>
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>
> On 22 September 2010 16:27, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Originally posted to .devel in error:
> >
> > Is it a known feature that using the font sizing commands \teeny, \huge,
> > etc., leads to inconsistent line spacing when compared with using fontsize?
>
> Yes.  It's implied in the markup command documentation, though it
> could be more explicit.
>
> The named sizing commands set absolute font-size (and nothing else),
> whereas \fontsize adds an increment to the current font-size, scaling
> baseline-skip to match.
>
> It might make sense to redefine the named commands in terms of
> \abs-fontsize, since that'll ensure baseline-skip is changed while
> retaining the absolute font-size.
>
> Cheers,
> Neil

This has been added to the Notation Reference

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=commit;h=36dd3392bcc0462f7d8af5f5a8bf24c544e43cda

Thanks

James