Re: Aligning a "D.S. al Fine" at the end of a piece.

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Rowe <address@hidden> writes:

    Tim> 2009/5/13 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:
    >> So TextScript has a default #'font-size value of 0, the score's "normal
    >> size". So it *should* [warning: untested] work to just set the 
RehearsalMark
    >> #'font-size = #0.

    Tim> Thanks for digging all of that out. It doesn't work, though, assuming
    Tim> I'm doing it right.
    Tim>   \mark \markup{ \italic \fontsize #-0 {"D.S. al Fine"}}
    Tim> seems to leave the size unchanged.

This is saying, reduce the fontsize by 0, so I would expect it to be
unchanged.  If you look at what Kieran said, you should have said:

\mark \markup{ \italic \fontsize #0 {"D.S. al Fine"}}

(note the absence of the "-" before the 0).

    Tim>   \mark \markup{ \italic \fontsize #-2 {"D.S. al Fine"}}
    Tim> seems to get closer.

Yes, this is saying to reduce the fontsize by 2, which is what you want.

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