> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Ben Crowder wrote:
>
> > Is there any way in LilyPond to output Encapsulated PostScript (either
> > directly or indirectly)? See, what I'm trying to do is this: take the
> > output (just the staff and notes -- not "Lily was here" or the page
> > number) and blow it up to 8.5" by 11". Is this possible?
>
> Well, if you use mudela-book you can change the margins, and change
> the titles, tagging, page numbering, and the like. And you can change the
> font size if you want it bigger. Personally, I found mudela-book very
> liberating. The only possible drawback is that you need to know a little
> TeX/LaTeX. However, I knew nothing about either until I started with
> mudela-book. Note: The best book on TeX is Knuth's "TeXbook". As for LaTeX,
> I don't know.
I'd say you don't want to learn plain TeX. For LaTeX,
a good starting point is the "not so Short Guide to LaTeX"
paper included in most TeX distributions, a good starting
point.
You could certainly get .eps output, just run lilypond
directly (or ly2dvi with the flag -K), run tex on the
output file and then 'dvips -E' (if I remember correctly).
However, I don't recommend to scale the postscript since
the note symbols are drawn with a bitmapped font by
default. It should be possible to get scalable Type 1
fonts but I don't know the details on how to bring them
into the Postscript. If someone knows, please send us
a description or add it to the FAQ file.
I you just want letter size output from ly2dvi, there
is a flag for the paper size. Also, you could change
the font and staff size in Lilypond.
/Mats
