Re: Page numbers in ‘number’ style

[Richard Shann]

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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