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#62 Increase font and graphic size on PDF output
Using EasyABC's PDF export I find the size of note heads too small and the spacing of leger lines on the staves too narrow for easy reading. (I play cello and thus view printed music from about 24") However, I recently used Michael Eskin's transcription tools and find the exported PDF much, MUCH better - so it is clearly possible to improve the general typography. Is there a way I can alter the size of note heads, staves etc from within EasyABC? I attach Ca the Yowes(easyABC).pdf and Ca the Yowes(eskin).pdf for comparison. Thanks for any advice.
EasyABC uses abcm2ps to convert ABC into the score you see of the screen, and that governs the size of the pdf. There are parameters you can change, one of which is 'scale' which is set by default (on mine) to 0.75. Try this:
In Settings, ABC settings, abcm2ps enter -s 0.9 into Extra Parameters. That should make the stave bigger. Try other values - e.g. -s 1 until it suits you.
Google abcm2ps command line options to find other parameters.
Caveat. I'm using v1.3.8.7 on Linux - but I assume it'll work on other systems.
Excellent! Many thanks Dave, I'll have a tinker as you suggest. I wasn't even sure whether it might be some setting in GhostScript. I'm ashamed - even appalled! - to admit I'm on W10 and likely to stay there. Thanks again.
P.S. (5 minutes later) Excellent - and PERFECT! Just made the adjustment as suggested and it prints exactly what I want. Many thanks!