Re: Defining radius of circle that encircles text

[Thomas Morley]

Am Mi., 2. Jan. 2019 um 22:41 Uhr schrieb Sam Bivens <address@hidden>:
>
> Happy New Year to everyone reading!
>
> Please see the attached MWE; how can I specify the radius of the circled
> text? Using `\circle 2` results in differently sized circles based on
> the circled text, but when I specify the radius with `\draw-circle`, I
> somehow can't manage to center the text inside the circle. This has to
> be a very simple fix that's right under my nose, but somehow nothing
> I've tried works.
>
> Or, perhaps there's another option that someone might share; that would
> work, as well.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sam

Hi,

if you use \draw-circle, then the resulting cirlce will have extents
in X-axis: [-radius +radius], in Y-axis [-radius +radius]
Ensure the content which you want to put in the circle is centered as
well, i.e. use \vcenter \halign #CENTER

\markup { \combine \draw-circle #1.5 #.1 ##f \vcenter \halign #CENTER "2" }

HTH,
  Harm