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Re: Spacing
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Peekay Ex |
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Re: Spacing |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:46:37 +0100 |
Graeme,
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:34 AM, GRAEME F ST CLAIR
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I just built a hymn under 2.14.2 using the Hymn structure from Learning
> Lilypond 2.12.3 secn 3.2.3 "Voices & Vocals". The structure is unaltered,
> except that I have added a \version and a \header (and there are only 2 vv
> iso 4!).
>
> I find that the first system is kind of jammed up against the header line
> giving the poet and composer, and I'd like some more vertical white space in
> there.
>
> Secondly, the whole thing is in 3 systems, with room for a fourth, so I also
> have some spare real estate on the page.
>
> What directives, commands, instructions etc should I be looking at to put a
> little more "air" into its appearance?
There are a couple of approaches you can take depending on where you
need your 'air'.
For example if you use
\header {
title = "My Music"
composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)"
arranger = "arranged by me"
}
You could add some space by including a 'blank' subtitle
\header {
title = "My Music"
subtitle = " "
composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)"
arranger = "arranged by me"
}
Also, and perhaps this is a bit crude (but it works for me), you can
use the \center-column command and add again some blank space.
So for example I felt that the 'meter' header was too near the first
line of the music so from
\header {
title = "My Music"
subtitle = " "
composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)"
arranger = "arranged by me"
meter = \markup { \bold "To be played really loud" }
}
I added the \center-column space
\header {
title = "My Music"
subtitle = " "
composer = "John Smith (1851 - 1902)"
arranger = "arranged by me"
meter = \markup { \bold "To be played really loud" \center-column {
"To be played really loud" " " " " } }
}
This will add 2 lines of white space before the first line.
There are also some \paper block variables that I use which give me more air.
\paper {
score-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #20
indent = 10\mm
left-margin = 20\mm
right-margin = 20\mm
bottom-margin = 20\mm
top-margin = 10\mm
line-length = 180\mm
ragged-last-bottom = ##f
}
and I just play about with those depending on the music.
Hope this helps
--
--
James
- Spacing, GRAEME F ST CLAIR, 2011/10/25
- Re: Spacing, David Rogers, 2011/10/26
- Re: Spacing,
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