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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