Graeme, On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:34 AM, GRAEME F ST CLAIR <graeme_st_cl...@atlanticbb.net> wrote: > I just built a hymn under 2.14.2 using the Hymn structure from Learning > Lilypond 2.12.3 secn 3.2.3 "Voices & Vocals". The structure is unaltered, > except that I have added a \version and a \header (and there are only 2 vv > iso 4!). > > I find that the first system is kind of jammed up against the header line > giving the poet and composer, and I'd like some more vertical white space in > there. > > Secondly, the whole thing is in 3 systems, with room for a fourth, so I also > have some spare real estate on the page. > > What directives, commands, instructions etc should I be looking at to put a > little more "air" into its appearance?
There are a couple of approaches you can take depending on where you need your 'air'. For example if you use \header { title = "My Music" composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)" arranger = "arranged by me" } You could add some space by including a 'blank' subtitle \header { title = "My Music" subtitle = " " composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)" arranger = "arranged by me" } Also, and perhaps this is a bit crude (but it works for me), you can use the \center-column command and add again some blank space. So for example I felt that the 'meter' header was too near the first line of the music so from \header { title = "My Music" subtitle = " " composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)" arranger = "arranged by me" meter = \markup { \bold "To be played really loud" } } I added the \center-column space \header { title = "My Music" subtitle = " " composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)" arranger = "arranged by me" meter = \markup { \bold "To be played really loud" \center-column { "To be played really loud" " " " " } } } This will add 2 lines of white space before the first line. There are also some \paper block variables that I use which give me more air. \paper { score-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #20 indent = 10\mm left-margin = 20\mm right-margin = 20\mm bottom-margin = 20\mm top-margin = 10\mm line-length = 180\mm ragged-last-bottom = ##f } and I just play about with those depending on the music. Hope this helps -- -- James _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user