Re: Lyrics in different colours

[Don Gingrich]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:38:43 Jeffery Shivers wrote:
> Oops - I did not send that to the listserv. This does that.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Jeffery Shivers <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> > 
> > If you're working
> > ​in
> > 
> >  lyric
> > 
> > ​mode​
> > 
> >  and not markups​
> > 
> > ,
> > ​​
> > you can
> > ​​
> > ​:​
> > 
> > 
> > emphasize = {
> > 
> >   \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
> >   \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
> > 
> > }
> > 
> > \emphasize at the beginning of the text of your middle verse. You can
> > change what 'emphasize' does - that's just the usage example from the
> > documentation:
> > 
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/using-variables-for-l
> > ayout-adjustments
> > 
> > ​//​

What I did was:


emphasize = {
  \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-family = #'sans
  \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
}

normal= {
  \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-family
  \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-series
}

and

PartPOneVoiceOneLyricsTwo =  \lyricmode {
  \emphasize
  Is "fòs" ri taobh nan aibh --
  nich -- ean "Théid" seach -- ad sios gu "mall," A ta e "'ga" mo
  "threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball." A ta e "'ga"
  mo "threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball." 
  \normal
 \skip4 (many repeats)
}

It worked well, thanks a lot -- I just had no clue about which
variable to tweak -- and there don't seem to be any of the
Lyrics.LyricText. sub-options that would change colour,
so I'll give that a miss. And once I had Lyrics.LyricText. to
put into a search, I found the relevant documentation for
other options. Though I would note that the documentation
is a bit sparse WRT possible options for font-family - I guessed
(correctly as it turns out) that sans would be a possible alternative
to the standard serif font.

The resulting output is definitely readable so I'm pleased with
the result.

Thanks again.

-Don


> > 
> > ​If you're using markups:
> > \bold { will make all this text bold } but not this, so just make sure you
> > encapsulate the whole body.
> > 
> > Which is explained better here.
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/formatting-text
> > 
> > ​Hope that helps!​
> > ​-j​
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Don Gingrich <address@hidden>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I've got a score with a treble and bass part and three
> >> verses worth of lyrics in between. Is there some simple
> >> way to make the middle set of lyrics a different colour
> >> or bold or underlined -- anything to make it easier to keep
> >> track of which verse? It's made more complicated since
> >> we're a choir singing in Scottish Gaelic (and we're mostly
> >> *not* fluent Gaelic speakers. i.e. learning lyrics more or
> >> less phonetically.)
> >> 
> >> I can send the .ly file, but it would be really difficult to
> >> extract a useful example, given my level of LilyPond
> >> knowledge.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Don (Victorian Scottish Gaelic Society Choir)
> >> --
> >> Don Gingrich
> >> 
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