Re: Modifying Stencil for Clef

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 18:03 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> Richard Shann <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Thank you very much for this explanation - I can now go from the
> > entry
> > 
[...]
> > which I was expecting to find the italic 8 replaced by the
> > character T
> > [...]
> 
> A markup is not a finished stencil but can be converted to one in a
> variety of ways.  ly:text-interface::print uses whatever properties
> are
> set in the text-interface related grob properties, and ClefModifier
> has
> things like
> 
>         (color . ,(grob::inherit-parent-property
>                    X 'color))
>         (font-shape . italic)
>         (font-size . -4)
> 
> in its definition.  You can override those, or you can use stuff like
> 
>     \once \override Staff.ClefModifier.text = \markup \normal-text
> "T"
> 
> in order to override the defaults in the grob definition.

I'm baffled now - if I compile

\version "2.18.2"
{ 
  c'
 \once \override Staff.ClefModifier.text = \markup \normal-text "T"
 \clef "bass_8"
  c'
}

The italic 8 is printed as usual - the default text is not overwritten.

Richard