Hello tisimst, hello Noeck, thank you for your replies.
You have explained to me why a very small number, -0.2, has such a noticable effect. I infer that Lilypond _replaces_ the step value for the LyricText font-size with the entered step number (rather than performing an addition.) So when I entered -0.2 the actual change was from 1.0 to -0.2, which is of course a noticable change. For completeness (and because David Kastrup insisted a minimal example should always be provided) I created a minimal example I took a measure of Choir from the snippet repository, and I added a paper block with one line in it, and a layout block with one line in it Steps to repeat: Try it with various values for the override: -1, 0, 1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \version "2.18.2" \language "english" global = { \key c \major \time 4/4 \dynamicUp } sopranonotes = \relative c'' { c2 d c d } sopranowords = \lyricmode { do do do do } altonotes = \relative c'' { c2 d c d } altowords = \lyricmode { re re re re } tenornotes = { \clef "G_8" c2 d c d } tenorwords = \lyricmode { mi mi mi mi } bassnotes = { \clef bass c2 d c d } basswords = \lyricmode { mi mi mi mi } \paper { #(layout-set-staff-size 22) } \score { \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff << \new Voice = "soprano" << \global \sopranonotes >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "soprano" \sopranowords >> \new Staff << \new Voice = "alto" << \global \altonotes >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "alto" \altowords >> \new Staff << \new Voice = "tenor" << \global \tenornotes >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "tenor" \tenorwords >> \new Staff << \new Voice = "bass" << \global \bassnotes >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "bass" \basswords >> >> \layout { \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-size = #-1 } } -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Lyrics-LyricText-font-size-in-layout-block-tp192840p192881.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user