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Leadsheet - trying to fill page without leaving empty space
From: |
Michael Hendry |
Subject: |
Leadsheet - trying to fill page without leaving empty space |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:12:33 +0100 |
Oh Wise Ones,
I use Lilypond to produce jazz leadsheets for concert, Bb and Eb instruments,
and find I often have to tweak parts to get them to fit on to a single A4 page.
Alto sax parts tend to need a bit more compression because they tend to have
more ledger lines at the top of the staff.
I can usually get a reasonable result by tweaking global-staff-size, but here’s
an example of the bottom of a page with
#(set-global-staff-size 14.75)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1c8rggolebqox0/Screenshot%202019-06-10%2016.52.02.png?dl=0
and here’s the same song with
#(set-global-staff-size 14.76)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5vcp4ktf4wgb7m/Screenshot%202019-06-10%2016.52.48.png?dl=0
Although there’s a substantial gap between the last bar of the former and the
footer, the latter forces the last three bars to a second page.
Am I tweaking the wrong parameter?
Is there a more elegant way of ensuring that a leadsheet fits in one page?
Regards,
Michael
- Leadsheet - trying to fill page without leaving empty space,
Michael Hendry <=