On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:43:52 -0700 Adam <adam at photosynth.ca> wrote:
> Good day, > I'm working on a script for laying out a song book that includes > lyrics and chords. Chord names need to be placed above each line of > lyrics, at the appropriate spot in the lyrics. I've explored a > variety of approaches to this using typographic options to try to get > the chord letters bumped up above the lyrics line using baseline > shift and kerning adjustments, but so far these have not proved > effective. There are horses for courses. When I need to typeset music I use Mup, a shareware program that is designed for that purpose (one time fee of $20.) The output is postscript which can be changed to pdf and imported into most DTP programs including Scribus. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
