Re: Printing lower continuo figures only

[Mats Bengtsson]

On 2018-03-29 16:31, Brent Annable wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently reproducing a continuo part, and am having trouble 
> achieving a particular effect: printing a continuo figure in the 
> *lower *position only. So in the first example in the attached image, 
> I want the '3' to appear on the lower line, at the same height as the 
> '4' to the left of it.
>
> I've tried inserting a dummy figure above it and using \once \hide 
> FiguredBass.BassFigure, but it hides both figures. And I tried turning 
> Bass Extender Lines on and then hiding the line stencil (see second 
> example), but this doesn't seem to work either.
>
> Anyone got an idea how to do this, or what I might be doing wrong? 
> (aside from messing with the offsets, which is a bit approximate for me).
>
> And while I'm here: is there any easy way of adjusting the font size 
> of the continuo *figures*, but not the *symbols *(#, b, etc)?
>
> Regards,
>
> Brent.
>
>
> \version "2.19.65"
> <<
> \relative c' { \clef bass
>   g2 ~ g
> }
> \figures {
> <7 3>2 <6 4>4 <3>
> }
> >>

There's an ill documented parameter that you can set to get the desired 
alignment:

<<
\relative c' { \clef bass
  g2 ~ g
}
\figures {
  \override BassFigureAlignment.stacking-dir = #UP
  <7 3>2 <6 4>4 <3>
}
>>

    /Mats