Re: Lining up continuo figures

[Jon Arnold]

Wow thanks!

Why does this affect the vertical alignment differently?

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 4:10 PM Aaron Hill <lilypond@hillvisions.com> wrote:

On 2020-11-16 12:21 pm, Jon Arnold wrote:
> Hi Kevin-
>
> Thanks for responding. I only want the 8 on the 2nd figure ([8 4 2]) to
> appear- I do not want it on the rest of them.
>
> If I comment that out as you suggest, the figures after the first are
> lower
> than the first, which looks bad to me.
>
> I've attached an image of what I want it to look like, which was
> achieved
> by adding invisible figures above and is not an ideal situation in the
> context of the larger score.

Just change the stacking direction and specify the figures in reverse
order:

%%%%
\version "2.20.0"

\new Staff <<
   { \time 2/1 \clef bass a1. d2 }
   \figuremode {
     \override Staff.BassFigureAlignment.stacking-dir = #UP
     <[3 5]>4 <[2 4 8]> <[3 5]> <[4 6]> <[3 5]>2
   }
>>
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill