On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 18:03 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> Richard Shann <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Thank you very much for this explanation - I can now go from the
> > entry
> >
[...]
> > which I was expecting to find the italic 8 replaced by the
> > character T
> > [...]
>
> A markup is not a finished stencil but can be converted to one in a
> variety of ways. ly:text-interface::print uses whatever properties
> are
> set in the text-interface related grob properties, and ClefModifier
> has
> things like
>
> (color . ,(grob::inherit-parent-property
> X 'color))
> (font-shape . italic)
> (font-size . -4)
>
> in its definition. You can override those, or you can use stuff like
>
> \once \override Staff.ClefModifier.text = \markup \normal-text
> "T"
>
> in order to override the defaults in the grob definition.
I'm baffled now - if I compile
\version "2.18.2"
{
c'
\once \override Staff.ClefModifier.text = \markup \normal-text "T"
\clef "bass_8"
c'
}
The italic 8 is printed as usual - the default text is not overwritten.
Richard
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