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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: Alignment of syllables
From:       Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengtsson () s3 ! kth ! se>
Date:       2002-01-17 12:49:46
Message-ID: 200201171249.NAA05004 () tern ! s3 ! kth ! se
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> On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 10:49:43PM +0000, Bas Wassink wrote:
> > Is it possible to tell Lilypond to align sylables so that the first 
> > character of the syllable is right under the note it's associated with ?
> 
> This can be done with
> \property Lyrics . LyricText \override #'alignment = #-1 
> 
> > I've attached my .ly file so you can see the output. 
> 
> Insert it just after
> TenorText = \lyrics {
> and your song looks much better.

See also 
http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/lilypond-user/2001-November/000494.html
and the documentation of all LyricText properties at
http://www.lilypond.org/stable/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond-internals/LyricText.html

  /Mats




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