Re: Enlarge the size of the accidentals in figured bass

[Neil Puttock]

Hi Arno,

2008/7/12 Arno Rog <address@hidden>:

> Is there a way to enlarge the accidentals in a figured bass,
> leaving the size of the numbers unchanged?

Yes, but it's a bit hackish, since you'll have to change the details
for accidentals inside the function which does the figured bass
formatting.

The default function, format-bass-figure, is found in the file
scm/translation-functions.scm; the relevant part is the following:

(alt (ly:event-property event 'alteration))
         (alt-markup
          (if (number? alt)
              (markup
               #:general-align Y DOWN #:fontsize
               (if (not (= alt DOUBLE-SHARP))
                   ;fontsize defaults set here, -2 for all accidentals
except double-sharp
                   -2 2)
               (alteration->text-accidental-markup alt))
        
              #f))

You can either amend it in situ if you want the changes to be global,
or copy it into a .ly file and rename it, setting the function using
\set figuredBassFormatter = #renamed-bass-formatter-function.

Regards,
Neil