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Re: Page numbers in ‘number’ style
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Richard Shann |
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Re: Page numbers in ‘number’ style |
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Sun, 11 Sep 2016 10:50:05 +0100 |
On Sun, 2016-09-11 at 02:00 +0200, Simon Albrecht wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just wanted to share this idea with you: Often, the visual distinction
> between page and bar numbers, which may be very close to each other,
> poses a problem.
Thanks! Coincidentally I've been noticing this problem recently - I've
added your script to Denemo's menus.
Richard
> By chance, I noticed in a reproduced volume from the
> 1920’s Brahms edition that it uses a typical ‘number’ font like in time
> signatures &c. for the page numbers. Which is nice, because a) I like
> this kind of font, b) they’re very visually prominent and legible at
> small sizes and c) they are clearly different from bar numbers that way.
>
> So my standard style sheet now features these lines (adjusted from
> ly/titling-init.ly):
>
> %%%%%%%%
> \paper {
> oddHeaderMarkup = \markup
> \fill-line {
> ""
> \on-the-fly #not-part-first-page \fromproperty #'header:instrument
> \on-the-fly #print-page-number-check-first \number \fromproperty
> #'page:page-number-string
> }
>
> %% evenHeaderMarkup would inherit the value of
> %% oddHeaderMarkup if it were not defined here
> evenHeaderMarkup = \markup
> \fill-line {
> \on-the-fly #print-page-number-check-first \number \fromproperty
> #'page:page-number-string
> \on-the-fly #not-part-first-page \fromproperty #'header:instrument
> ""
> }
> }
> %%%%%%%%%
>
> Best, Simon
>
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