• Registered: 2006-05-01
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Topic: Font Size,Print question

Hi everyone!

I am using Firefox and XP to browse Chordie and have run into a problem with printing that I cant figure out.Actually a couple problems.

A. I tried to increase text size from the "view" function in Firefox toolbar. This has no effect on the tiny font that actually prints when I open a tune in my songbook.

B. I read another thread that suggests cut and paste to word,then edit my brains out! Tried that but I lost the sweet chordie format--it changed to that format with the chords inside brackets imbedded in the middle of a word. Try this with "Crazy on You" by Heart.. man, looking at this will put you in seizures!

At the end of the day; I would like to be able to print with the format that I see on me screen when I open a tune out of my songbook,increase the font size so that "Us" burned out,used up old rockers can see it on 2 or 3 pages on a music stand from 6 feet away. Yes! It does suck getting old, but I need to rock on.

Thanx in advance to anyone that can help!!!!

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Font Size,Print question

Hello Styles Bytchly - There are 11 listings in the Chordie index for "Crazy On You" by Heart.  Some of them seem to be repeats of the same version from different sources.  Which version are you trying to use?


Seeing it from 6 feet away?  Since I can also vividly recall when the song was on the charts, I would also need to super-size the font to see it from that distance.


The 'sweet Chordie format' is actually a result of the 'chords in brackets embedded in the words' - it is called chordpro format.  If the coding is correct it will yield very pretty pages after Chordie does it's voodoo.


Try this - go to your songbook and open the song with the 'edit' button (at the end of the listing).  The 2-pane window you will see will show the song in it's coded format.  It is not necessary to edit in Word - just change stuff in the editing window.  Perhaps the version you are trying to use has an open comment command {c:blah blah blah}.  If the closing bracket is missing, then all the text that follows will appear very small.


I looked at one version of the song (#3 maybe?) and it is a mess.  Alot of stuff could be done to improve the general layout and coding.  Lots of 'chaff' can be cut from the version I looked at . . . but I did not notice any fatal coding errors that would yield miniscule font size.  Perhaps some of the overly-long lines of text could be split into 2 or 3 lines - maybe that is making it print tiny?


Perhaps the Admin might have some other suggestions regarding how to make the print "Barracuda"-sized.  Maybe as we all get older (and wiser) Chordie might come out with a 'Large-Print Edition' to cater to our special needs. . .

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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Re: Font Size,Print question

Just to supplement what James are saying.


Please do post the url to the song. It is always nice to know that we are talking about the same song..


You can not use "View" to adjust the printed font-size in Firefox. Instead, go to "print-preview". Here you can use ctrl-mousewheel to adjust the size of the font.


It does not work perfectly, and there are currently some overlap. But again - if I know exactly what song you are talking about, I can try to fix it.


To fix errors in the song - add it to your songbook, and use the "edit" function.


Apart from that - we are all growing older, and the font-size on Chordie might increase in the future...