Re: A little ancient notation trouble

[Shane Brandes]

Thanks all,
I managed to finish it. You can see the results with the original and
Lilypond version at http://www.proportionallime.com/nonlime/lilypond/
Very pleased with the results.

Shane

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Marek Klein <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 2013/3/5 Shane Brandes <address@hidden>
>>
>>    I am working on typesetting some very old hymns that were set in
>> mensural notation. The trouble is that when trying to replicate the
>> equal spacing (basically like letters out of a typewriter one right
>> after the next) one can set the score timing off, but then the systems
>> trails of the edge of the page.  So I am left with the option of using
>> length multipliers to cheat the length. e.g. c\longa*1/8 etc. Does
>> anyone know an easier way?
>
>
> I had  the same problem a while ago and here is the solution:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-08/msg00301.html
>
> HTH
> Marek Klein
> http://gregoriana.sk
>