relative note size, was: Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 139, Issue 68

[Patrick or Cynthia Karl]

Sorry for the poor Subject.

On Aug 2, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Patrick or Cynthia Karl wrote:

> 
> I frequently need do something like:  <c \tweak font-size #-2 c'> in order to 
> show that one of the two notes is preferred, but the other one is acceptable. 
>  The problem is that the "-2" in the \tweak command is an absolute value, 
> i.e., it is not relative to the fontSize being used.  If the fontSize were 
> -3, e.g., then the "smaller" note would actually be bigger than the preferred 
> one.
> 
> What I would like to do is substitute for the "-2" the value "fontSize-2".  
> Is this possible?  If so,how?
> 
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