Page numbers in ‘number’ style

[Simon Albrecht]

Hello,

I just wanted to share this idea with you: Often, the visual distinction 
between page and bar numbers, which may be very close to each other, 
poses a problem. By chance, I noticed in a reproduced volume from the 
1920’s Brahms edition that it uses a typical ‘number’ font like in time 
signatures &c. for the page numbers. Which is nice, because a) I like 
this kind of font, b) they’re very visually prominent and legible at 
small sizes and c) they are clearly different from bar numbers that way.

So my standard style sheet now features these lines (adjusted from 
ly/titling-init.ly):

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\paper {
  oddHeaderMarkup = \markup
  \fill-line {
    ""
    \on-the-fly #not-part-first-page \fromproperty #'header:instrument
    \on-the-fly #print-page-number-check-first \number \fromproperty 
#'page:page-number-string
  }

  %% evenHeaderMarkup would inherit the value of
  %% oddHeaderMarkup if it were not defined here
  evenHeaderMarkup = \markup
  \fill-line {
    \on-the-fly #print-page-number-check-first \number \fromproperty 
#'page:page-number-string
    \on-the-fly #not-part-first-page \fromproperty #'header:instrument
    ""
  }
}
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Best, Simon