Re: tenuto fingering: 3t, 2t, 4t, etc.

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-05-04 05:19, Federico Bruni wrote:
> > Perhaps a smart function may be created but as I need only 4 
> > variations I can simply use 4 variables:
> >
> > unoT = \markup \concat { \finger 1 \fontsize #-2.5 \raise #0.03 \bold 
> > t }
> > dueT = \markup \concat { \finger 2 \fontsize #-2.5 \raise #0.03 \bold 
> > t }
> > treT = \markup \concat { \finger 3 \fontsize #-2.5 \raise #0.03 \bold 
> > t }
> > quattroT = \markup \concat { \finger 4 \fontsize #-2.5 \raise #0.03 
> > \bold t }
>
> The downside of this approach is that it creates TextScript objects,
> so in case a score (as in my real project) is using some padding for
> TextScript objects then the custom fingering will be placed away from
> the note.
>
> [ . . . ]
>
> However I wonder if a better fallback could be provided when using a
> letter with \finger.
> As Feta numbers look as bold serif fonts, shouldn't the t in `\finger
> "3t"` fall back to serif instead of sans?

Federico,

This approach here seems to generate Fingering objects, not TextScript 
objects:

%%%
\version "2.19.80"
tenutoFingeringMark = \markup \text \fontsize #2 \bold "t"
t = #(define-event-function (n) (index?)
  #{ \finger \markup \concat { #(format "~d" n) \tenutoFingeringMark } 
#})
{
  \override Staff.Fingering.color = #green
  \override Staff.TextScript.color = #red
  c\t1 d_\t2 e2^\markup Text
}
%%%

This uses the \text markup command, which by default seems to select a 
font with serifs.  You can obviously adjust \tenutoFingeringMark however 
you need to get the desired appearance.

> Even if I was able to change David's function to use a markup for the
> t, then the problem would remain: the number would be aligned
> correctly but the t would not.

I am afraid I am not familiar with this particular notation to know what 
is expected, but the example I posted seems visually balanced to my eye. 
 What specific alignment are you desiring for these fingering marks?

-- Aaron Hill