Is it possible to make the text italic? I tried \tweak text \italic “x” and it didn’t work. Thanks
> On 16 Apr 2024, at 2:17 PM, Archer Endrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you, Aaron. I'm absolutely delighted to know how to do this now as it > occurs in several of my earlier scores that I'm re-engraving with Lilypond. > > Archer > > > On 16/04/2024 12:03, Aaron Hill wrote: >> On 2024-04-16 3:59 am, Aaron Hill wrote: >>> What you are looking for, however, can be done with horizontal/analysis >>> brackets: >>> >>> %%%% >>> \version "2.25.13" >>> >>> \new Voice >>> \with { \consists Horizontal_bracket_engraver } >>> { >>> b'4 >>> -\tweak layer 0 >>> -\tweak direction #UP >>> -\tweak bracket-flare #'(0 . 0) >>> -\tweak HorizontalBracketText.Y-offset -0.5 >>> -\tweak HorizontalBracketText.text >>> \markup \whiteout \pad-around #0.5 "9\"" >>> -\startGroup 4 2\stopGroup >>> } >>> %%%% >> >> Oh, and if you need the brackets to align to the measures and not notes, >> then the Measure_spanner_engraver is what you probably want. >> >> >> -- Aaron Hill >
