Fonts

The font and color directives can be placed anywhere in the Chord file, though it is usefull to place them at the beginning :-). The specified values are valid for the whole document!

font_size

LaTeX allows the three font sizes 10pt, 11pt and 12pt. GuitarTeX sets the default value to 11pt (titles and subtitles are enlarged automatically). If you want a font size of 12pt you should write:

Example 5-7. Directive font_size

{font_size:12}

Note: do not write 12pt instead of 12!

color_xxx

The color directives allow to change the text color of the chorus, bridge, instrumental parts, tablatures and a second voice. For the second voice even the background color may be specified. So you can write white letters on a colored background for example. This will help the singers not getting confused by many lyrics lines :-)

The directives are named

The parameters must be a comma separated list of three numbers between 0 and 1, giving the red, green and blue components of the color.

Example 5-8. Directive color_chorus (coloring the chorus light blue):

{color_chorus:.5,.5,1}