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Re: change temporarily to custom clef
From: |
Carl D. Sorensen |
Subject: |
Re: change temporarily to custom clef |
Date: |
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:02:09 -0700 |
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Orm Finnendahl" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:56 AM
> Subject: change temporarily to custom clef
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> in contemporary music sometimes unusual "Clefs" are temporarily used
>> within a piece (for example for string instruments clefs where notes
>> indicate the contact point of the bow between fingerboard and bridge).
>>
>> I guess for designing custom clefs one has to define a custom font but
>> I wonder whther there is another less complicated way by making a clef
>> temporarily transparent and putting some Postscript Markup in its place.
>>
>> Can someone point me to relevant information in the docs or give a
>> short example (I can handle the Postscript, but don't exactly know how
>> to make the Clef temporarily transparent)?
>>
>> --
>> Orm
>>
>>
On 12/31/08 9:21 AM, "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Notation Reference 5.4.6 Visibility of objects may give you
> the clues you need. Perhaps setting the clef's stencil to #f
> will be the easiest.
>
Actually, I think the easiest way is to set the Clef's stencil to be a
markup. Instead of trying to add a markup somehow and hide the clef, just
set the stencil property of the clef to be the markup you want.
Carl