Adjusting vertical positioning of lyric hyphens: Difference between revisions
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For joining syllables, LilyPond doesn’t use the hyphen of the text font but instead draws a simple line with variable length (this limitation is tracked as {{Issue|1255}}). Its standard vertical position doesn’t always fit the proportions of the text font. When using a font with a large x-height, it may be too low. | For joining syllables, LilyPond doesn’t use the hyphen of the text font but instead draws a simple line with variable length (this limitation is tracked as {{Issue|1255}}). Its standard vertical position doesn’t always fit the proportions of the text font. When using a font with a large x-height, it may be too low. | ||
You can adjust the vertical positioning of the hyphens manually. To get a good result you may want to insert a “real” hyphen for comparison (like between ‘l-e’ in the snippet). You may also want to adjust the thickness of LilyPond hyphens using the <code>thickness</code> property of the <code>LyricHyphen</code> grob to match the | You can adjust the vertical positioning of the hyphens manually. To get a good result you may want to insert a “real” hyphen for comparison (like between ‘l-e’ in the snippet). You may also want to adjust the thickness of LilyPond hyphens using the <code>thickness</code> property of the <code>LyricHyphen</code> grob to match the font’s hyphen character. | ||
<lilypond version="2.24"> | <lilypond version="2.24"> | ||