Thanks David - that moves the lyric-word to justify to the note placement, but I actually wanted the notes (and indeed the entire line of lyrics and notes) to shift to the right or left such that the first (centered-lyric) word was left justified.
Your approached produced this: but what I need is this: Notice how each lyric word remains centered under the note, but that both lyrics and noteheads/stems have been shifted to the right. Hope that helps explain better what I'm looking for. JamesT From: David Wright <[email protected]> To: James Teitsma <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: 22/09/2025 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Left alignment of lyrics On Mon 22 Sep 2025 at 14:23:10 (-0400), James Teitsma wrote: > I'm wondering how to force the lyrics in a hymn to all left justify (which > would result in moving the notes): I have these definitions in my library file, for moving the odd lyric where appropriate: ll = \lyricmode { \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT } cc = \lyricmode { \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #CENTER } rr = \lyricmode { \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT } and use them in lyrics thus: in \ll his hands You can just use \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT at the start of your lyrics. Not my style, though. Cheers, David.
