Re: Customised key signature for mensural music

[Schneidy]

Phil Holmes-2 wrote
> [...] How did you create the EPS file with the 2 glyphs on the transparent
> background? [...]

With  Inkscape <http://www.inkscape.org/en/>  .
Here's my procedure :
1. Make an SVG output of the folowing code :

/\version "2.18.2"

\header {
  tagline = ##f
}

myMensuralFmaj = \markup \raise #1 \override #'(baseline-skip . 2) { 
          \general-align #Y #CENTER {
             \epsfile #X #1.85 #"doubleMensuralFlat.eps" 
          }
        }

\score {
 \new MensuralVoice { 
   \clef "mensural-f"
   \key f\major
   \hideNotes
   f
 }
 \layout {
   \context {
     \Score
     %\override KeySignature.stencil = #(lambda (grob) 
        %(grob-interpret-markup grob myMensuralFmaj))
   }
 }
}/

2. Open the SVG files with Inkscape.
3. Import KeySig.png into the SVG, reduce it by 25% (for me - could be
different for you) and put it behind your score in order to get both flats
one onto the other (see Inskape_1.jpg & Inskape_2).

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n165492/Inskape_1.jpg> 
<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n165492/Inskape_2.jpg> 

4. copy the flat glyph, put it onto the small flat, select higher vector
points and reduce them at the right height (see  Inskape_3).

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n165492/Inskape_3.jpg> 

5. delete all glyphes and images except both flats, reduce the svg borders
to the flat glyphes and save as doubleMensuralFlat.eps (Inskape_4)

<http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n165492/Inskape_4.jpg> 

6. uncomment the layout of your *.ly code and make a pdf output.

It'll take less than 5 minutes.

HTH,

pierre




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