Re: v-position of \note in \markup

[Mats Bengtsson]

On 2024-10-19 16:07, Knute Snortum wrote:

On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 3:03 AM Sebastian Menge <s.menge@gmx.de> wrote:

Hi

I am using a tempo markup like this 

\bold \smaller "Animato (" \tiny \note {4} #1 \smaller"= 132)" }

The "note" seems to me too low - it seems to be below the baseline of the text. I'd expect it roughly to be at the height of the lower half of an "e". (If I use the same font-size it looks even worse.)

What is the general typesetting rule here?

And how can I override it?

You could try something like this:

%%%

\version "2.24.4"

{
  \tempo \markup {
    \bold \smaller "Animato (" \raise #0.25 \tiny \note {4} #1 \smaller"= 132)"
  }
  c''
}

%%%

You could also change \tiny to \teeny.

You could also try

\version "2.24.4"

% Define a new markup command for bottom alignment:
\markup bottom-align = \markup \general-align #Y #DOWN \etc

{
  \tempo \markup {
    \bold \smaller "Animato (" \bottom-align \tiny \note {4} #1 \smaller"= 132)"
  }
  c''
}

    /Mats