Hi Jim, > I guess \vspace is not intended for use within markups?
Well… \vspace is not intended to be used within markups the way you were trying
to use it. :)
\markup \column {
"this"
\vspace #5
"works"
}
If you want to move something down, you can use \lower:
\markup { "this" \lower #12 "is lower" }
Hope that helps!
Kieren.
