Peter, you wrote Saturday, April 04, 2015 11:51 PM > Using version 2.18.2, I found that "#(set-global-staff-size 10)" inserted > at the book level scales everything on the page nicely. Ditto for a big > size like 40. But "\score{ … \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 10) } }" has > unpredictable results. The documentation at > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation-big-page#setting-the-staff-size > doesn't make a distinction.
There is a footnote on that page: > Known issues and warnings > > layout-set-staff-size does not change the distance between the staff lines. Maybe this is the issue that affected you. Perhaps that comment should be moved to the main text. Trevor _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user