On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, jeffery shivers [via Lilypond] <
ml-node+s1069038n191659...@n5.nabble.com> wrote:
> Oops - I did not send that to the listserv. This does that.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Jeffery Shivers <[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=191659&i=0>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Don,
>>
>> If you're working
>> in
>> lyric
>> mode
>> and not markups
>> ,
>>
>> you can
>>
>> :
>>
>>
>> emphasize = {
>> \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
>> \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
>> }
>>
>> \emphasize at the beginning of the text of your middle verse. You can
>> change what 'emphasize' does - that's just the usage example from the
>> documentation:
>>
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/using-variables-for-layout-adjustments
>>
>> //
>>
>> If you're using markups:
>> \bold { will make all this text bold } but not this, so just make sure
>> you encapsulate the whole body.
>>
>> Which is explained better here.
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/formatting-text
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>> -j
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Don Gingrich <[hidden email]
>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=191659&i=1>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've got a score with a treble and bass part and three
>>> verses worth of lyrics in between. Is there some simple
>>> way to make the middle set of lyrics a different colour
>>> or bold or underlined -- anything to make it easier to keep
>>> track of which verse? It's made more complicated since
>>> we're a choir singing in Scottish Gaelic (and we're mostly
>>> *not* fluent Gaelic speakers. i.e. learning lyrics more or
>>> less phonetically.)
>>>
>>> I can send the .ly file, but it would be really difficult to
>>> extract a useful example, given my level of LilyPond
>>> knowledge.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Don (Victorian Scottish Gaelic Society Choir)
>>> --
>>> Don Gingrich
>>>
>>
Also be aware that every grob has a "color" property that you can set, like
\override Lyrics.LyricText.color = #green
Best,
Abraham
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