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When a note head with a special shape cannot easily be generated with graphic markup, | When a note head with a special shape cannot easily be generated with graphic markup, a drawing specification for <code>ly:make-stencil</code> can be used to generate the shape. This example gives an example for a parallelogram-shaped note head. | ||
Unfortunately, the available commands in a drawing specification are [https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6874 currently not documented]; in any case, the used <code>path</code> sub-command has the following signature, quite similar to the <code>make-path-stencil</code> Scheme function. | |||
(path <var>thickness</var> <var>command-list</var> <var>line-cap-style</var> <var>line-join-style</var> <var>fill</var>) | |||
The commands in <var>command-list</var> resemble PostScript drawing commands but with arguments after the command name. | |||
<lilypond version="2.24"> | <lilypond version="2.24"> | ||
parallelogram = | parallelogram = | ||
#(ly:make-stencil | #(ly:make-stencil | ||
'(path 0.1 | '(path 0.1 | ||
(rmoveto 0 0.25 | |||
lineto 1.2 0.75 | |||
lineto 1.2 -0.25 | |||
lineto 0 -0.75 | |||
lineto 0 0.25) | |||
round | |||
round | |||
(cons 0 1. | #t) | ||
(cons -0.05 1.25) | |||
(cons -.75 .75)) | (cons -.75 .75)) | ||
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</lilypond> | </lilypond> | ||
[[Category:Editorial annotations]] | |||
[[Category:Scheme]] | |||
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]] | [[Category:Tweaks and overrides]] | ||
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]] | [[Category:Included in the official documentation]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Snippet]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:05, 12 December 2025
When a note head with a special shape cannot easily be generated with graphic markup, a drawing specification for ly:make-stencil can be used to generate the shape. This example gives an example for a parallelogram-shaped note head.
Unfortunately, the available commands in a drawing specification are currently not documented; in any case, the used path sub-command has the following signature, quite similar to the make-path-stencil Scheme function.
(path thickness command-list line-cap-style line-join-style fill)
The commands in command-list resemble PostScript drawing commands but with arguments after the command name.
\version "2.24"
parallelogram =
#(ly:make-stencil
'(path 0.1
(rmoveto 0 0.25
lineto 1.2 0.75
lineto 1.2 -0.25
lineto 0 -0.75
lineto 0 0.25)
round
round
#t)
(cons -0.05 1.25)
(cons -.75 .75))
myNoteHeads = \override NoteHead.stencil = \parallelogram
normalNoteHeads = \revert NoteHead.stencil
\relative c'' {
\myNoteHeads
g4 d'
\normalNoteHeads
<f, \tweak stencil \parallelogram b e>4 d
}
