Ah, you're saying that if I'd read past the "vertical spacing" and "horizontal spacing" sections I'd have found the section titled to fit my question and be a happier guy? Thank you for that.
And also for pointing out page-count. That does seem easiest and in fact it worked. I always like it best when I can tell the computer, "you're a computer, figure it out". (And thank you to David K for that same answer, too.) -Tom On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 6:54 PM Jakob Pedersen <jak...@vivaldi.net> wrote: > Hi Tom > > The documentation provides different methods to fit music on fewer pages: > https://lilypond.org/doc/Documentation/notation/fitting-music-onto-fewer-pages > > Adding page-count = 6 to your /paper block is probably the easiest option. > > Best wishes, > Jakob > > On 10.07.2023 00.39, Tom Sgouros wrote: > > Hello all: > > I have a piece that spans seven printed pages, and I wish it was six. > There are just four meagre measures on that last page and I wish I could > persuade Lilypond to squeeze one more line onto the sixth page, as it did > on the fifth page. I've looked at some of the vertical spacing controls, > and so far my attempts to use them seem to make things look worse. Can > anyone share some general tips for the order of things to try to do some > gentle squeezing? > > Thank you, > > -Tom > > >
