Hi all, To resize a single staff you have to change three different settings, using the same value for each[1]. This felt redundant and complex, so I wrote a little macro function that sets all three at once, simplifying the process. Maybe others will find it useful too.
See the snippet below for how to use it. I added it to the LSR[2], but it needs LilyPond 2.16.1 -- unless I can get it to work with 2.14.2 by figuring out how to use the "$" with \set Staff.fontSize = #new-size Cheers, -Paul [1] http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/size-of-objects and http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/length-and-thickness-of-objects [2] http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=862 %%%% BEGIN SNIPPET %%%% \version "2.16.1" staffSize = #(define-music-function (parser location new-size) (number?) #{ \set Staff.fontSize = #new-size \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep new-size) \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'thickness = #(magstep new-size) #}) theMusic = \relative c' { a'8 a a a a \ff a a a } \score { << \new Staff { \theMusic } % the usual way to change a staff's size \new Staff \with { fontSize = #-3 \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -3) \override StaffSymbol #'thickness = #(magstep -3) } { \theMusic } % simplified with staffSize function \new Staff \with { \staffSize #-3 } { \theMusic } >> } %%%% END SNIPPET %%%% _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user