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 | 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 | 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). | ||
<lilypond version="2.24"> | <lilypond version="2.24"> | ||
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\score { | \score { | ||
<< | << | ||
\ | \new Voice = "Lied" { | ||
\relative | \relative { | ||
\clef G | \clef G | ||
\key c \major | \key c \major | ||
e'2 d c1 | |||
} | } | ||
} | } | ||
\ | \new Lyrics = "Lied" | ||
\lyricsto Lied { | |||
La -- l-e -- lu. | |||
} | } | ||
>> | >> | ||
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\paper { | \paper { | ||
property-defaults.fonts.serif = "Serif" | |||
} | } | ||
</lilypond> | </lilypond> | ||