David, that is very nice, thank you! I'll get Dusty Miller up there soon; it has been on my list of tunes to learn for too long.
john On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:19 AM, Flaming Hakama by Elaine < [email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: john ware <[email protected]> >> To: lilypond-user <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:13:50 -0700 >> Subject: How to set the font size for the repeat symbol. >> Hi, I am using lilypond to generate scores(with chord names) and chord >> charts all from the same source. And what a wonderful tool you have created. >> >> The chord chart is simply the score with only the chord names and bar >> lines visible. And the chord names are shifted down between the bar lines. >> >> I am able to set the size of the BarLine's with bar-extent and the size >> of the ChordName's with font-size. >> >> My issue is, when I do this the colon for the repeat symbol does not >> resize. So, I get big bar lines and a tiny colon for the repeat. >> >> Here's my tiny example: >> >> \version "2.14.2" >> >> \score { >> \new ChordNames \with { >> \override BarLine #'bar-extent = #'(-1 . 20) >> \override ChordName #'font-size = #20 >> \override ChordName #'extra-offset = #'(0 . -1) >> \consists "Bar_engraver" >> } >> { >> \relative a' { >> \chordmode { >> \partial 4 s4 >> \repeat volta 2 { a1 g c a } >> }}}} >> >> >> >> >> And, if you are interested, the results of this project can be viewed at: >> >> http://boulderhomegrown.com/fiddletunes >> >> There are scores, chord charts and lilypond synthesized audio tracks at >> different tempos for each tune. >> >> The issue described above can be seen at the site given. >> >> thank you for your time, >> >> john ware >> >> > > I suppose this problem arises since the repeat sign is moreso part of the > staff than a text colon. > > you could scale the entire staff to the desired size and avoid fiddling > with the font. > > I also removed two levels of nesting unnecessary for this demo, the { > \relative a' { } } > > Nice work on your site. Any chance of seeing Dusty Miller up there? > > > \version "2.14.2" > > #(set-global-staff-size 60) > > \score { > \new ChordNames \with { > \override BarLine #'bar-extent = #'(-1 . 1) > \override ChordName #'extra-offset = #'(0 . -1) > \consists "Bar_engraver" > } > \chordmode { > \partial 4 s4 > \repeat volta 2 { a1 g c a } > } > } > > > HTH > > David Elaine Alt > 415 . 341 .4954 "*Confusion is > highly underrated*" > [email protected] > self-immolation.info > skype: flaming_hakama > Producer ~ Composer ~ Instrumentalist > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -- have fun, John 303 440 1020 h 720 382 6161 c
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