Re: Installing new font
On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
Hi, I have a metafont font with embellishment symbols (for Scottish
tenordrum feathering and flourishing) that I'd like to use in
LilyPond.
Do you want to contribute? :-) We could integrate them.
I would love to, but there is no standard for these
symbols, so this is really just a suggestion.
I've used mftrace to convert it to a .pfa type 1 font,
We use mf2pt1 which gives much cleaner results. However, you have
probably to modify your source code.
but I don't know how to install it and use it in LilyPond. I guess
this involves both Pango and LilyPond skills?
No. Make your font known by fontconfig (this normally means adding it
to the right directory so that it gets cached), then you can access it
as any other text font.
I couldn't get it to work properly. I think I got fontconfig
to cache the font properly; fc-list contains the line
TenorSigns:style=Regular
But when put this in my .ly-file:
c_\markup { \override #'(font-encoding . TenorSigns)
{ \char #0 }
}
I get as a result:
programming error: Cannot get a text stencil from this font
continuing, cross fingers
Lilypond completes but the character is missing from the
output. I used fontforge to inspect the font and supposedly
char 0 holds something sensible.
any clues?
Hugo
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Re: Autobeaming with subdivision in 4/4
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Hans Aberg wrote: On 3 Mar 2008, at 22:32, Hugo Flordal wrote: OK, thanks, that's one solution... but I guess that is not the right way of doing it? Another way to do it is to run these lines instead of the 4/4 specific ones I gave in the example file. #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 1 4 'Voice) #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 2 4 'Voice) #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 3 4 'Voice) Then (surprisingly(?)) it works fine, and the output looks great. However, I do not want */* rules since I want to place these lines in a generic definition file that I \include everywhere, which would mess up all non */4 scores. (Right now I have a beautiful definition file where everything but the auto-beaming is configured nicely for my scottish snare drumming needs.) So... can it be done the right way (presumably by reverting and overriding the auto-beaming rules(?))? Or perhaps these are bugs that I, as a user, can not overcome without hacks like these? thanks hguo The problem is that you want to beam differently than implied by the time signature you want to write. So you want to beam in what might be described as 8 = (1+1)+(1+1)+(1+1)+(1+1), whereas the common interpretation of 4 is (1+1)+(1+1) or perhaps 1+1+1+1. If taken literally, your beaming implies that the 4/4 has one primary accent, and on the 1/4s have secondary accents. Then each 1/4 has a yet subordinate accent on the second 1/8 of it. And LilyPond does not a dedicated function doing just that, though it might be possible to do write one. Hans Åberg Thank you for the reply, but I'm not sure I get it... Are you saying (indirectly) that when I set the beatLength to 1/8, I implicitly change the timing to 8/8? Should I then use 8/8 beaming rules? Is that why my 4/4 auto-beam rules do not work but the */* rules do? I will eagerly try this as soon as I can... that would solve my problems and also explain some of the strange behaviour of the auto-beams. For the general discussion, my interpretation of beam subdivision is something that is orthogonal to the beaming given by the timing. E.g. for 6/8 I could very well want beams of length 3/8 with subdivision on either 1/8 or 3/16 (or no subdivision at all), depending on musical beat, esthetics, readability, or for whatever reason. Subdividision on beats is just a special case! Unfortunately, in lilypond, subdivision is tied to the timing, since both use the beatLength property. A separate property for setting the subdivision length would have been more generic... is that hard to implement, you think? thanks again Hugo___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Autobeaming with subdivision in 4/4
OK, thanks, that's one solution... but I guess that is not
the right way of doing it? Another way to do it is to run
these lines instead of the 4/4 specific ones I gave in the
example file.
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 1 4 'Voice)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 2 4 'Voice)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 3 4 'Voice)
Then (surprisingly(?)) it works fine, and the output looks
great. However, I do not want */* rules since I want to
place these lines in a generic definition file that I
\include everywhere, which would mess up all non */4 scores.
(Right now I have a beautiful definition file where
everything but the auto-beaming is configured nicely for my
scottish snare drumming needs.)
So... can it be done the right way (presumably by
reverting and overriding the auto-beaming rules(?))? Or
perhaps these are bugs that I, as a user, can not overcome
without hacks like these?
thanks
hguo
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Hans Aberg wrote:
On 2 Mar 2008, at 17:12, Hugo Flordal wrote:
I have problems getting autobeaming to work together with beam subdivision
in
4/4 timing. I'm typesetting for the scottish snare drum and there are two
requirements that need to be fulfilled,
* beams should always start and end on even quarters (and nowhere else),
and
* beams should be subdivided on eighths.
Perhaps something like:
\time 8/8
\set beatGrouping = #'(1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1)
\set subdivideBeams = ##t
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 2 8)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 4 8)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 6 8)
And then figure out how to draw a 4-time time signature.
Hans Åberg
\version 2.10.33
% Header
\header {
title = Quarter beams with subdivision, minimal test
tagline = ##f
}
myautobeams = {
\set beatGrouping = #'(1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1)
\set subdivideBeams = ##t
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 2 8)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 4 8)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 6 8)
}
% Music
{
%% Time
\time 8/8
{
%% Change auto beam behaviour
\myautobeams
%% First measure
\partial 8 {
d8:32(
}
\repeat volta 2 {
d-) \times 2/3 {c16 d c} d8- c16. d32- c16. d32- c d c d c8- c
}
}
}
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Re: Autobeaming with subdivision in 4/4
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Hans Aberg wrote: On 4 Mar 2008, at 13:20, Hugo Flordal wrote: The problem is that you want to beam differently than implied by the time signature you want to write. So you want to beam in what might be described as 8 = (1+1)+(1+1)+(1+1)+(1+1), whereas the common interpretation of 4 is (1+1)+(1+1) or perhaps 1+1+1+1. If taken literally, your beaming implies that the 4/4 has one primary accent, and on the 1/4s have secondary accents. Then each 1/4 has a yet subordinate accent on the second 1/8 of it. And LilyPond does not a dedicated function doing just that, though it might be possible to do write one. Thank you for the reply, but I'm not sure I get it... Are you saying (indirectly) that when I set the beatLength to 1/8, I implicitly change the timing to 8/8? Should I then use 8/8 beaming rules? Is that why my 4/4 auto-beam rules do not work but the */* rules do? No. LilyPond currently only has ready-made high-level functions for some standard situations, where time signature and beaming agree. In other cases one will have to use low level functions, as I showed you. Hans Aberg Well, believe it or not, it _does_ work as it should when I change the rules to #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 1 4 'Voice) #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 1 2 'Voice) #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 8 8) 3 4 'Voice) That is to say, 8/8 instead of 4/4. But the timing is still unchanged, i.e. 4/4, just like I wanted it. (I have only tried it for the example that I posted originally, perhaps this is a freak example, I'll experiment more later.) Clearly, this is not a bug---it is an accidental feature! jolly good! thanks for the help! hguo ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Autobeaming with subdivision in 4/4
Hi,
I have problems getting autobeaming to work together with beam subdivision in
4/4 timing. I'm typesetting for the scottish snare drum and there are two
requirements that need to be fulfilled,
* beams should always start and end on even quarters (and nowhere else), and
* beams should be subdivided on eighths.
These two seem impossible to achieve simultaneously. As soon as I set
beamLength to 1/8, the beams start to break on eighths as well. Strangely it
appears to work better in other timings.
Below is a small example... if you comment out \set beatLength on line 15, you
see that the auto beaming is working as it should, but with \set beatLength it
breaks. What am I doing wrong?
thanks!
/Hugo
=
\version 2.10.33
% Header
\header {
title = Quarter beams with subdivision, minimal test
tagline = ##f
}
myautobeams = {
#(revert-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 32 4 4) 5 8)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 4 4) 1 4 'Voice)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 4 4) 1 2 'Voice)
#(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * 4 4) 3 4 'Voice)
\set subdivideBeams = ##t
\set beatLength = #(ly:make-moment 1 8) % Subdivide beams on eighths
}
% Music
{
%% Time
\time 4/4
{
%% Change auto beam behaviour
\myautobeams
%% First measure
\partial 8 {
d8:32(
}
\repeat volta 2 {
d-) \times 2/3 {c16 d c} d8- c16. d32- c16. d32- c d c d c8- c
}
}
}
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Single note analysis brackets?
I'd like to use the Horizontal_bracket_engraver to indicate single notes, but it seems analysis brackets can only be used over multiple notes. I'm attempting to write c8\startGroup\stopGroup but this isn't working. Is it possible to get around this somehow? Perhaps by adding a dummy note with zero width somewhere? All my experiments and solution searches have failed... I also tried using the Ligature_bracket_engraver, but it does not appear to be very stable and I can't find a way of tweaking it into producing horizontal brackets at a fixed height. It would be nice if analysis brackets could be generalised so that they could replace the Ligature_bracket_engraver completely... (And perhaps use the \[ \] notation as well...) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Redefine r? Horizontal beams? Grace without beam break?
Hi, I'm using Lilypond 2.10.25 and I have a few questions...
Is it possible to redefine the rest note name 'r' and instead use e.g. 'p'
for rests. I'd really like to use 'r' for something else (right hand strokes in
drumming).
Can you have _really_ horizontal beams (possibly always at the same hight)?
The following line does not work, the beams are still leaning ever so
slightly...
\override Beam #'damping = #1000
Another thing, how would I tweak the automatic beaming to have grace notes
that do not break beams? For instance, I'd like the first code snippet to
produce the same output as the second.
\stemDown
a8 \grace {c16[c]} a8
\stemDown
a8[ \grace {c16[c]} a8]
thanks!
hguo
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