I tried this inside the lyrics, i dont see any change though: \override LyricText #'font-name = #Alegreya-Regular
http://lilybin.com/15a0y9/8 (thought it does not compile in lilybin - it works fine on my mac). DRAWING blanks, again. Carl-Henrik > 14. feb. 2016 kl. 17.40 skrev Carl-Henrik Buschmann <chbuschm...@mac.com>: > > Thank you for the heads up. Will revise the dynamics, slurs and phrasings. > > Fonts. I’ve tried looking in the manual but i shoot blanks: how do i change > the font and font size of the lyrics? > > >> 14. feb. 2016 kl. 15.44 skrev Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de>: >> >> Hello, >> >> On 14.02.2016 12:58, Carl-Henrik Buschmann wrote: >>> I need advice on how to best typeset my SATB score. The problem revolves >>> around horizontal spacing. >>> >>> http://lilybin.com/15a0y9/2 >>> >>> I feel it is a bit cramped and the breaks do not flow naturally. >> >> I don’t think it’s cramped – well, I like ‘cramped’ old Peters editions, so >> that may be anachronistic and personal taste. >> >>> What can i do to improve? >> >> Choose a narrower text font – I like and often use Alegreya from >> fontsquirrel.org. I’d not advise using a smaller text font, since it gives >> an ill proportion between text and music size. However I find it perfectly >> alright to use a fontsize of 16 for choral scores. It will remain well >> legible. >> >> What’s more, (well-made) choral scores _always_ print dynamics above the >> staff to not have them on the same side like the lyrics. There’s a number of >> cases in your example where I’d also move slurs and ties, maybe even scripts >> above the staff. But that’s a matter of style as well. >> >> And I’d suggest to always use proper lyric hyphens, since the misaligned >> syllables at the end of bars 19 and 39 are confusing. You can avoid creating >> a melisma with the slur by either removing slurMelismaBusy from >> melismaBusyProperties or using phrasing slurs { \( \) }. >> >> HTH, Simon > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user