Re: songbook questions

[Graham Percival]

On 25-Jul-05, at 12:55 PM, fiëé visuëlle wrote:

> I'd like to prepare some song sheets where the text of second and more 
> verses is simply set in one or two columns below the staffs.

For one-column verses, simply use the \book command with \markup.  See
10.1.12 Multiple movements

I'm not certain about two-column text.

> Because I don't like LaTeX but use ConTeXt (and InDesign) I'd like to 
> get a PDF or EPS of only staffs and related lyrics, without titling 
> and whitespace, so that I can place the notes as graphics. How can I 
> setup that?

If I understand correctly, just use hidden notes (advanced notation -> 
educational
use), and don't define any headers.

> Further I'd like to use an other font for lyrics and chords (same font 
> as in the rest of my publication). How must I setup that? Can I use 
> MacOS X's system fonts or must I install fonts like for TeX?

Re-read the section on text and documentation for pango/fontconfig.  
This is
outside my area, but I'm pretty sure that you can set up 
pango/fontconfig to use
OSX system fonts.

Cheers,
- Graham