RE: Shrinking to fit on a single page

[Nick Payne]

You could try adding

    between-system-padding = #0.1
    between-system-space = #0.1

And if that's too tight then increase the values.

Or alternatively, you can change the horizontal spacing using
SpacingSpanner. I do this in a couple of my scores to squeeze them onto two
pages so I don't need page turns in the middle of a piece:

\score {
        \new StaffGroup \keepWithTag #'score \music

        \layout {
                \context {
                        \Score
                        \override SpacingSpanner
                        #'common-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 2)
                }
        }
}

Nick

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> Subject: Shrinking to fit on a single page
> 
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> 
> Hi,
>       I'm trying to typeset a piece, that should fit on a single page.
> Lilypond keeps trying to put it on two pages.
> 
> I've put in
>   \paper{
>       ragged-bottom=##t
>       bottom-margin=0\mm
>   }
> 
> and measured the system height, and the single system that flows onto
> page two  should fit in the gap between the first page footer and the
> last system.
> 
> The only solution I've come up with (which is ugly) is
>       \paper {
>               paper-height=310\mm
>               ragged-bottom=##t
>       }
> 
> 
> Is there a better way?  The documentation reference seems to suggest
> that setting between-system-padding and between-system-space should
> affect this, but their semantics aren't really described.
> 
> I've attached the file.  Sorry, it's not exactly a `minimal' example,
> but to show what I mean it has to have a page-worth of stuff.