@cindex font size
@cindex text size
+@funindex \abs-fontsize
@funindex \fontsize
@funindex fontsize
@funindex \smaller
@funindex \magnify
@funindex magnify
-The size of the characters can also be altered in different ways:
-@itemize
-@item
-the font size can be set to predefined standard sizes,
+The font size can be altered, relative to the global staff size, in a
+number of different ways
-@item
-the font size can be set to an absolute value,
+It can be set to predefined size,
-@item
-the font size can also be changed relatively to its previous value.
-@end itemize
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=2]
+b1_\markup { \huge Sinfonia }
+b1^\markup { \teeny da }
+b1-\markup { \normalsize camera }
+@end lilypond
-@noindent
-The following example demonstrates these three methods:
+It can be set relative to its previous value,
-@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=1]
-f1_\markup {
- \tiny espressivo
- \large e
- \normalsize intenso
-}
-a^\markup {
- \fontsize #5 Sinfonia
- \fontsize #2 da
- \fontsize #3 camera
-}
-bes^\markup { (con
- \larger grande
- \smaller emozione
- \magnify #0.6 { e sentimento } )
-}
-d c2 r8 c bes a g1
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=2]
+b1_\markup { \larger Sinfonia }
+b1^\markup { \smaller da }
+b1-\markup { \magnify #0.6 camera }
+@end lilypond
+
+It can be increased or decreased relative to the value set by the
+global staff size,
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=2]
+b1_\markup { \fontsize #-2 Sinfonia }
+b1^\markup { \fontsize #1 da }
+b1-\markup { \fontsize #3 camera }
+@end lilypond
+
+It can also be set to a fixed point-size, regardless of the global staff
+size,
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=2]
+b1_\markup { \abs-fontsize #20 Sinfonia }
+b1^\markup { \abs-fontsize #8 da }
+b1-\markup { \abs-fontsize #14 camera }
@end lilypond
@cindex subscript
@funindex super
@funindex \sub
@funindex sub
+@funindex \normal-size-super
+@funindex normal-size-super
Text may be printed as subscript or superscript. By default these are
printed in a smaller size, but a normal size can be used as well: