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When a lot of verses have the same text, but with | When a lot of verses have the same text, but with different punctuation (e.g., because some verses are in quotation marks), LilyPond’s default output can look awkward because the text does not line up vertically. Even when there is only a single verse, it can look awkward to have the punctuation be included in the width of the syllable when centering it beneath the note. | ||
It looks much nicer to center the text of the syllable and then put the punctuation around it. | It looks much nicer to center the text of the syllable and then put the punctuation around it. Settings for <code>'self-alignment-X</code> and <code>lyricMelismaAlignment</code> are respected. | ||
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