Re: Horizontal shifting of a figured bass symbol

[David Kastrup]

Robert Blackstone <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> In my experience, figured bass symbols are, or rather look, always perfectly 
> aligned vertically with their bass note.
> Not, however, in this case. That is, the sharp is well aligned with the left 
> side of the whole note, as seen in the ME.
>
> ++++++++++++++
> sh = \markup { \fontsize #-2 \sharp }
> \relative c {
> <<
> \new Staff { \clef "bass" \time 4/2 
>       
>        e1 a,4. g8 f4 g |
> }
> \new FiguredBass {
>       \figuremode { \override BassFigure #'font-size = #-2 
>               < \sh >1 < _ >1 | 
> }}
>>>
> }

Any reason you are using \sh here instead of _+ ?

-- 
David Kastrup