Re: Defining radius of circle that encircles text

[Sam Bivens]

Hi Kieren and Harm,

Thanks so much for the help! This is exactly what I was looking for.

Much appreciated,

Sam

On 1/2/19 4:56 PM, Thomas Morley wrote:
> 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