Re: Notehead and stem drawing order (z-index)

[David Kastrup]

József Pap <0kjosef@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Can I ensure that the stems are always drawn behind the noteheads? Their
> order along the imaginary z-axis may not matter if they're both black, but
> if one uses colored noteheads, stems drawn above noteheads are ugly. The
> default behavior seems pretty random with no discernible patterns: stems
> are sometimes drawn behind and sometimes in front of noteheads. Minimal
> example:
>
> \relative c' {
>   \override NoteHead.color = "red"
>   c4 c c c d d d d e e e e f f f f g g g g a a a a b b b b c c c c
> }
>
> With version 2.24 on Linux the two middle E's and F's, the last two G's,
> the last three A's and the first B have their stems in front of the
> corresponding notehead, the rest are fine. I'd like to tell or trick
> lilypond into always drawing noteheads after (i.e. above) stems. Any ideas?

Try

  \override NoteHead.layer = 2

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David Kastrup