RE: Change Chord Name Font Size

[Kamal]

Thank you Mats.
\override ChordName #'font-size = #6
Worked fine.

I also found its reference in the "lilypond program-reference" under the
ChorName object.

I now have a problem of the padding/space between the Chord names & staves
which is the space seperating the Chord names & the staves above & below
them.
I tried
\override ChordName #'padding = #-1
&
\override ChordName #'bound-padding = #-1


But both didn't work.

Thank you.

But a question arises which is:
Since there
On Friday, March 17, 2006 8:56 PM, Mats Bengtsson
<mailto:address@hidden> wrote:

> Please read again what I wrote!
> To be more specific, create a file test.ly containing the following
> lines:
> 
> \version "2.0.0"
> \context ChordNames {
>         \property ChordNames.chordChanges = ##t
>         \property ChordNames . ChordName \override
> #'font-relative-size = #+3 
> 
> 
> Next, run the following command (from your current LilyPond
> installation): 
> convert-ly -e test.ly
> 
> Then, look into the file, which has been updated to the syntax of
> your current LilyPond version. For example, when I do it for version
> 2.7.36, I get  
> 
> \context ChordNames {
>   \set chordChanges = ##t
>   \override ChordName   #'font-size = #6
> }
> 
> 
>    /Mats
> 
> 
> Quoting Kamal <address@hidden>:
> 
>> As Mats said, I tried the \property lines, but it gave error in
>> lilypond 2.6. 
>> 
>> Isn't there an easier way to find what how to change the chord font
>> size than to get an old version of lilypond, & then convert to to 2.6
>> especially that I'm working on Windows & I didn't find an already
>> compiled binary of lilypond 2.0 or less for Windows?
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> 
>> On Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:34 PM, Mats Bengtsson <> wrote:
>> 
>>> Whenever you find an answer in an old email, find out what LilyPond
>>> version it was written for. Then, make a temporary .ly file
>>> containing \version "2.0.0" % or whatever version the answer applied
>>> to and the lines of code. Then, run convert-ly -e temp.ly and see
>>> what the code should look like with your current version of
>>> LilyPond. The property font-relative-size changed name around
>>> version 2.1.1. 
>>> 
>>>    /Mats
>>> 
>>> Thibaut Chevalier wrote:
>>> 
>>>> There are old threads dealing with this.
>>>> I read that the simple \set fontSize is said not to be working,
>>>> but in this post :
>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-11/msg00117.htm
>>>> l The following solution is suggested : 
>>>> 
>>>> \context ChordNames {
>>>> 
>>>>        \property ChordNames.chordChanges = ##t
>>>>        \property ChordNames . ChordName \override
>>>> #'font-relative-size = #+3
>>>> 
>>>> Though I didn't manage to make it work. Moreover he says it does
>>>> not work on the alterations... 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Kamal wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> How do you change the default font size of chord names?
>>>>> I have tried the following but it didn't work:
>>>>> 
>>>>> \chords {
>>>>> \set fontSize = #-2
>>>>> e2.:m e:m e:m b:7 b:7
>>>>> b:7 b:7 e:m g d
>>>>> }
>>>>> \version "2.6.5
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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