[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I need to produce high resolution staff notation from abc files on
>a Mac, and it needs to be no more than 6.5 inches wide. So I'm
>using abc4mac and trying to figure out how to manipulate the page
>size.
I produce output for printing on 4"x6" cards using abc4mac. I use a format
file (specified with -F in the command line). Here, for example, is the
format file I use for my own needs. It may be different from yours, since
I'm primarily interested in seeing the chords: the notes are small and the
chords are big and clear. This is set up for landscape, because of the way
the cards are fed into the printer.
Robert Bley-Vroman
Honolulu
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% For 4x6 cards on LaserJet 6MP
%For 4x6 cards. Assumes a HP laserprinter where cards are fed in the
% alternative paper sheet feeder, with the 4" edge leading in and
% the cards up against the left-hand edge of the feeder.
% The normal setup permits 5 lines of music per card,
% assuming that composer, etc. are omitted.
%
oneperpage
landscape
% margins
staffwidth 378pt
topmargin .1cm
% botmargin
leftmargin 380pt
% parameters for typesetting music
scale 0.75
% 0.65 or 0.75. Larger is better, but sometimes smaller is necessary
maxshrink 0.90
staffsep 50pt
% set fonts
titlefont Helvetica-Bold 12
subtitlefont Helvetica-Bold 10
composerfont Times-Italic 10
partsfont Times-Bold 10
vocalfont Times-Bold 13
gchordfont Helvetica-Bold 14
textfont Helvetica-Bold 10
wordsfont Helvetica-Bold 10
% spaces
topspace 0.10cm
titlespace 0.10cm
subtitlespace 0.10cm
composerspace 0.10cm
musicspace 0.10cm
partsspace 0.00cm
wordsspace 0.00cm
textspace 0.10cm
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