On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:48:17 -0400 john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> 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. > Correction: Mup is now free. -- 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
