Adjusting vertical positioning of lyric hyphens: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:04, 30 December 2025 edit Lemzwerg (talk \| contribs) Administrators 2,944 edits mNo edit summary ← Older edit		Latest revision as of 07:36, 6 January 2026 edit undo Lemzwerg (talk \| contribs) Administrators 2,944 edits mNo edit summary
Line 1:		Line 1:
	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 ~~[https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/~~1255 ~~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 comparision (the l-e in the snippet).		You can adjust the vertical positioning of the hyphens manually. To get a good result you may want to insert a “real” hyphen for comparision (the l-e in the snippet).