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> 10 feb. 2022 kl. 23:59 skrev Leo Correia de Verdier > <leo.correia.de.verd...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Erika! > > To globally reduce the size of all articulations (I think that could be > relevant, since many of them will relate to noteheads in a way similar to > accents) you can use this next to the override for notehead fint size. > > \override Script.font-size = #-.5 % or whatever size you want > > If you want to resize just the accents you could try the suggestions > mentioned in this thread: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2021-09/msg00484.html > > As Paul wrote the stem extending to the middle line of the staff follows > convention, but this can be suppressed by > > \override Stem.no-stem-extend = ##t > > Hope this helped > /Leo > >> 10 feb. 2022 kl. 19:01 skrev Paul Hodges <p...@cassland.org>: >> >> From: Erika Pirnes <erika.pir...@hotmail.com> >> >> The other thing is to have a more consistent length for stems. In my minimal >> example, the stems in the first measure look too short because in both >> measures they extend to the middle line. Any ideas? >> >> I don't know about the accent question. >> >> But as for the stems, the shorter ones in your example are the usual length >> (one octave), and the longer ones follow the traditional convention (applied >> by LilyPond as well as publishers in general) that stems of notes well >> outside the stave are extended to the middle line of the stave. In music in >> parts, stems facing away from the stave may be somewhat shortened; I don't >> know whether LilyPond does this as well. >> >> Paul > >