Re: chord symbols as plain text

[M Watts]

Tao Cumplido wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in the past I used to create chord symbols as plain text by just placing a 
> Lyrics context above the staff used with an own font.
> I don't like the way LP handles chordsymbols right now, nor do I like the font 
> it uses.
> The only thing I was missing in my way was the possibility to transpose the 
> chord symbols. Now the thread started by Carl Sorensen some time ago made me 
> get into scheme and write a function which makes this possible.
> http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg44591.html
>
> Well, I finally finished my function and wanted to share it here in case 
> someone might find it useful. Thanks to Carl for all the great help.

A very impressive piece of work, with great looking output.  Thanks for 
sharing the font as well.

If one's needs are less elaborate, one can get a similar overall look 
for normal chords with

\layout {
       \context {
           \ChordNames
           \override ChordName #'font-family = #'roman   
           }