Re: Scaling Scores

[Trevor Daniels]

Peter, you wrote Saturday, April 04, 2015 11:51 PM

> Using version 2.18.2, I found that "#(set-global-staff-size 10)" inserted 
> at the book level scales everything on the page nicely.  Ditto for a big
> size like 40.  But "\score{ … \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 10) } }" has
> unpredictable results.  The documentation at
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation-big-page#setting-the-staff-size
> doesn't make a distinction.

There is a footnote on that page:

> Known issues and warnings
>
> layout-set-staff-size does not change the distance between the staff lines.

Maybe this is the issue that affected you.   Perhaps that comment should be
moved to the main text.

Trevor