AH, very slick. Yes, that does the trick. Thank you! On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Jan Warchoł < lemniskata.bernoulli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/1/14 Robert Stoddard <rbstodd...@gmail.com>: > > The typesetting term for this is "kerning" -- modifying the space between > > letters. A valuable tool in text setting. > > Long ago Adobe sold fonts that were continuously variable, i.e. you could > > "dial in" any degree of bold or italic. I don't recall, though, that > even > > those fonts had a "narrow" option. > > In tight lyric situations, I have had to resort to one or both of two > > tricks: > > 1. Change the point-size of the lyric font. > > 2. Underlay lyrics using _\markup commands. While this loses the exact > > note-by-note underlay, it can be used to good effect to borrow extra > space > > from words in a phrase. > > Do you mean something like in the attachment? > I'm acheving this by using lyrics and shifting syllabes with LyricText > #'self-alignment-X. > I use a set of custom commands defined like this: > right = { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-0.8 } > righty = { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-0.6 } > rightyy = { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-0.4 } > left = { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #0.8 } > lefty = { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #0.6 } > leftyy = { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #0.4 } > and then write in lyrics: > Be -- hold \lefty the \righty Lamb of \rightyy God! > Works quite well. > > cheers, > Janek >
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