I should add that the original code was missing a right closing brace after \staffSize #2 to close off the \with block.
James Worlton On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:19 AM, James Worlton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Cynthia Karl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The following snippet: >> >> \version "2.19.15" >> >> staffSize = #(define-music-function (parser location new-size) (number?) >> #{ >> \set fontSize = #new-size >> \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep new-size) >> \override StaffSymbol #'thickness = #(magstep new-size) >> #}) >> >> Ab = \relative c' { f4 g a b } >> >> \score { >> \new Staff \with { \staffSize #2 { \Ab } >> \layout { } >> } >> >> produces at LP v2.19.15: >> >> >> but at LP v2.19.16 produces: >> >> >> Besides being wrong (see, e.g., "Behind Bars" by Elaine Gould, p.13), >> this causes many scores to require an additional page. >> >> Applying convert-ly to the above snippet changes only the \version number. >> >> I tried all values for new-size between -8 and +8; the only ones that >> failed were -4 and 2. >> >> (The staffSize music-function was kindly contributed by Eluze in 2013 on >> this list to overcome limitations of layout-set-staff-size.) >> >> > I have been able to reproduce the problem on Windows 7 with Frescobaldi > 2.17.2. > > Additionally I found that sizes of 2.1, 1.4, 1.1, 0.7, 0.5, -0.2, -0.3, > -0.6, -1.3, -1.4, -2.1 also created the down stem on the F. (I only tested > 2.1 to -2.1). > > James Worlton > > >
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