Re: Lining up continuo figures

[Aaron Hill]

On 2020-11-16 12:21 pm, Jon Arnold wrote:
> Hi Kevin-
>
> Thanks for responding. I only want the 8 on the 2nd figure ([8 4 2]) to
> appear- I do not want it on the rest of them.
>
> If I comment that out as you suggest, the figures after the first are 
> lower
> than the first, which looks bad to me.
>
> I've attached an image of what I want it to look like, which was 
> achieved
> by adding invisible figures above and is not an ideal situation in the
> context of the larger score.

Just change the stacking direction and specify the figures in reverse 
order:

%%%%
\version "2.20.0"

\new Staff <<
  { \time 2/1 \clef bass a1. d2 }
  \figuremode {
    \override Staff.BassFigureAlignment.stacking-dir = #UP
    <[3 5]>4 <[2 4 8]> <[3 5]> <[4 6]> <[3 5]>2
  }
> >
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill