Re: how do I control the size of the musical fonts?

[Wilbert Berendsen]

Op donderdag 12 juni 2008, schreef Victor Eijkhout:
> Meaning, not lyrics, but the notes. Suppose I want to shrink a whole
> score by a few percent so that it takes one page less?

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Global-sizes#Global-sizes
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages#Fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages

> Or in piano + solo instrument, it's customary to print the solo
> slightly smaller in the score. How do I do that?

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Length-and-thickness-of-objects

I'd use something like:

SoloPartSize = #-1

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff \with {
      % smaller notation font
      fontSize = #SoloPartSize
      % make the distance between staff lines smaller as well
      \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep SoloPartSize)
    } \soloMusic
    \new PianoStaff <<
      \new Staff \rightHandMusic
      \new Staff \leftHandMusic
    >>
  >>
}



best regards,
Wilbert Berendsen

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