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Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2455 in lilypond: Lyrics should be compressed


From: lilypond
Subject: Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2455 in lilypond: Lyrics should be compressed when there's not enough horizontal space
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:10:52 +0000

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        Labels: Needs-design

Comment #6 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

[maybe it's because of the new lilypond-auto mailing list, to which the comments are now sent? You can also try starring this issue.]

Yeah, but the microtype handles something completely different: its job is to make the paragraph look even. LilyPond's job is to attach lyrics to notes in a most legible way, and the problems arise when there's a long sylable attached to short note, for example "schmerz" or "straight" - there are only two possibilities: widen the note spacing or shrink the syllable. Widening note spacing disturbs the rhythm, and thus it shall be reduced to minimum in my opinion; that's why i want to squeeze the text - ±2% here wouldn't make any difference. Of course the amount must be user-settable; i could agree to 6% being default value, for example.

Btw, do you have any objections to changing tracking, similar to this engraved example http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/file/n5607332/example_-_Messiah_baerenreiter.jpg
?



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