Re: See the new music fonts in action

[Abraham Lee]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Alexander Kobel <address@hidden> wrote:
> factor is relevant if you set the global staff size to something 
> different than 20, the default.  The usual rule-of-tree used to be 
> something like
>   myStaffSize = #17.82
>   #(set-global-staff-size myStaffSize)
>   #(define fonts (make-pango-font-tree ... (/ myStaffSize 20)))
>
> BTW, I never really understood whether it is technically possible to 
> automatically figure out "factor" at the point where 
> make-pango-font-tree is called?  If not, why?  And if yes, is there 
> any reason why it is not done?
>
>
> Best,
> Alexander
Ah, yes. I knew there was a reason for the syntax "(/ staff-height pt 
20)" or its equivalent. I just tried to play around with 
make-pango-font-tree and I couldn't seem to figure out how to reference 
the "staff-height" variable within this function. 

David Kastrup? Anyone? Any ideas?

Regards,
Abraham