Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-17 Thread bombcar
Thanks! \override LyricHyphen #'Y-extent = #'(0 . 2) seems to get me close to what I was looking for. I've also updated the previous link to include the missing file: http://schnecke.bombcar.com/random/dingdongmerrilyonhigh.ly -- View this message in context:

Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-17 Thread Eluze
bombcar wrote Thanks! \override LyricHyphen #'Y-extent = #'(0 . 2) seems to get me close to what I was looking for. I've also updated the previous link to include the missing file: http://schnecke.bombcar.com/random/dingdongmerrilyonhigh.ly you could try (in the first Lyrics) \new

Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-16 Thread Eluze
Tom Dickson wrote I have a verse that has a very long slur, and the lyrics run into the slur. Technically, it's the dashes that are printed between the syllables. I'm able to change the font for that part of the verse to italics, but I can't seem to figure out what to use to increase the

Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-16 Thread bombcar
Hello, This is the shortest example I can make (I've removed the part of the verse that doesn't collide with notes and left only the part that shows the issue): altoMusic = \relative c' { r4 f2( bes4 | bes8[ a8 g8 f8] g8[ f8] ees4) | r4 f8([ ees8] d4 g4 | g8[ f8 ees8 d8] ees8[ d8] c4) |

Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-16 Thread Mike Solomon
On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:42 AM, bombcar lilyp...@bombcar.com wrote: Hello, This is the shortest example I can make (I've removed the part of the verse that doesn't collide with notes and left only the part that shows the issue): altoMusic = \relative c' { r4 f2( bes4 | bes8[ a8 g8 f8]

Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-16 Thread bombcar
Yes. It's hard to see in that short example; I've uploaded the entire file and PDF here: http://schnecke.bombcar.com/random/dingdongmerrilyonhigh.ly http://schnecke.bombcar.com/random/dingdongmerrilyonhigh.pdf As you can see the verses are fine; the refrain has a slur run into the dashes. -tom

Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-16 Thread Mike Solomon
On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:52 AM, bombcar lilyp...@bombcar.com wrote: Yes. It's hard to see in that short example; I've uploaded the entire file and PDF here: http://schnecke.bombcar.com/random/dingdongmerrilyonhigh.ly http://schnecke.bombcar.com/random/dingdongmerrilyonhigh.pdf As you can

Re: Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-16 Thread Alexander Kobel
On 12/17/2013 07:52 AM, bombcar wrote: Yes. It's hard to see in that short example [...] Hi Tom, well, it was non-existent there, at least with the versions I could check quickly (2.14.2 and 2.17.96). Some thoughts: For 2.16, it's probably okay to use \override LyricHyphen #'Y-extent =

Increasing space for lyrics for one part of a verse

2013-12-15 Thread Tom Dickson
I have a verse that has a very long slur, and the lyrics run into the slur. Technically, it's the dashes that are printed between the syllables. I'm able to change the font for that part of the verse to italics, but I can't seem to figure out what to use to increase the vertical spacing at that