Thanks for your post, Javier This LilyPond file has so many manual adjustments that I have to pick a page size and make that one look good. As I'm in the US, I'm going to make letter size look good. People who need A4 have the source -- although I feel for that person. These changes aren't trivial.
--- Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Javier Ruiz-Alma <[email protected]> wrote: > There's an accepted enhancement to add command-line support for > global-staff-size to LilyPond: > > https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/2095/ > > The enhancement would open the door to specify override values for > global-staff-sizes for letter/A4 in the source code. Mutopia scripts could > then implement the distinct values for Letter vs. A4 PDF generation...I'm > thinking headers \mutopiaLetterStaffSize = X, \mutopiaAFourStaffSize = Y, > or some other more elegant solution. > > I often spend time adjusting spacing to make both letter & A4 acceptable, > while avoiding orphan systems, page breaks in less-than-ideal measures, > too-airy pages, etc. > > Adjustments (in order of preference and their impact on maintainability & > readability): > * adjust vertical margins/distances/padding for titles & footers > * adjust left/right margins > * fixed line-width > * adjusting staff-staff-spacing min distance > * add breaks and/or noBreaks here an there > * adjust staff-size (within range 18-21) > > It's surely a matter of personal preference, but in general, I prioritize > font-size over other formatting adjustments. That is to say, I spend time > trying out other formatting fixes, including ragged pages, before I decide > to go with global-staff-size smaller than ~18. > > > Javier > > ________________________________ > From: Knute Snortum <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <mutopia-discuss@ > mutopiaproject.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 11:45 AM > Subject: [Mutopia-discuss] Different page numbers and formatting between > A4 and Letter sizes > > > > I try to make my contributions fit in a whole number of pages, that is, > not with a ragged last page. To do this, I often change the global staff > size. The problem arises when I have to change from A4 to Letter paper > size. Often the number of pages changes, making one look too spaced out. > > What would be nice is if I could specify a different staff size for > different paper sizes. If not, I have to decide between a ragged last > page, or worse, making one size look bad for the sake of the other. Since > I'm from the US, I would favor Letter. The A4 people would need to change > some settings and recompile. How can we avoid this? > > > > --- > Knute Snortum > (via Gmail)_______________________________________________ > Mutopia-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/mailman/listinfo/mutopia-discuss >
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