Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2455 in lilypond: Lyrics should be compressed when there's not enough horizontal space

[lilypond]

Comment #3 on issue 2455 by address@hidden: Lyrics should be  
compressed when there's not enough horizontal space
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2455

Trevor:
I agree that lyrics should be compressed only when necessary.  Maybe it  
would be possible to uncompress them if the line breaking eliminated tight  
situation, for example.

Werner:
Thanks for the link!  It looks very interesting.
As for the ugly looks, what do you think about this example:
http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/file/n5608378/new_scaled_lyrics_suggestion.png
? (it looks a bit shabby because i simply scaled a raster graphic, but  
should give you the idea)
In my opinion it looks quite acceptable even without making compressed font  
bolder, and the result is quite noticeable: 16% reduction in width.  16%  
makes a difference, i'd say.

thanks,
Janek