Re: With \markup { \score { can I separately control the score size?

[Thomas Morley]

2014-06-29 19:10 GMT+02:00 Paul Morris <address@hidden>:
> Hi all,
>
> Is this way of scaling a score (by putting it inside a markup) the best way
> to do it, if you want to keep all of the proportions strictly consistent at
> different sizes?
>
> The approach in the staffSize snippet does not keep the proportions
> consistent, which becomes apparent at larger sizes (perhaps this should be
> noted in the snippet text).  The set-global-staff-size approach also seems
> to leave the staff lines and stems proportionally thinner at larger sizes.
> See examples below.
>
> I sometimes use LilyPond to create SVG images, and then I edit them with
> Inkscape to adjust their size.  That's because I couldn't find a way to
> resize them with LilyPond without affecting the proportions, but it looks
> like this markup scaling approach might do the trick.

No, it does not.
Try your example with:

theMusic = \relative f {
  c'8 d e f g a b c
  \break
  c'8 d e f g a b c
}

>
> -Paul
>
>
> Examples of three different ways to scale a staff to twice its size:
>
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.19.7"
>
> staffSize =
> #(define-music-function (parser location new-size) (number?)
>    #{
>      \set fontSize = #new-size
>      \override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep new-size)
>      \override StaffSymbol.thickness = #(magstep new-size)
>    #})
>
> mySize =
> #(define-scheme-function (parser location nmbr score) (number? ly:score?)
>    #{ \markup \scale #(cons nmbr nmbr) \score { #score } #})
>
> theMusic = \relative f {
>   c'8 d e f g a b c
> }
>
> {
>   \theMusic
> }
>
> \new Staff \with {
>   \staffSize #6
> } {
>   \theMusic
> }
>
> \mySize #2
> \score {
>   \theMusic
> }
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> \version "2.19.7"
>
> #(set-global-staff-size 40)
>
> theMusic = \relative f {
>   c'8 d e f g a b c
> }
>
> {
>   \theMusic
> }
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
>
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