I've been trying to totally get rid of the space where a lyric hyphen might go, in cases where that space is already very small, but I have not been able to figure it out.
I have noticed that if I add the lines
\override LyricHyphen.minimum-length = #0
\override LyricHyphen.padding = #0
in the Lyrics context, then the spacing between the lyrics stays the same, but it is more clear where the spaces are that I don't want because they show as just little black dots.
Is there a way to get rid of these spaces instead of having them still present as empty space? I want the syllables to be as close to each other as if they were a single syllable.
Thanks,
Benjamin Bloomfield
Here is (a shortened version of) my code:
\include "gregorian.ly"
antiphonText = \lyricmode {
Draw near, Lord, Ho -- ly Fa -- ther,
al -- might -- y and e -- ter -- nal God,
au -- thor of hu -- man dig -- ni -- ty and be -- stow -- er of all grac -- es,
through whom all things pro -- gress,
through whom eve -- ry -- thing is made firm,
who, by the pow -- er of the Ho -- ly Spir -- it,
in or -- der to form a priest -- ly peo -- ple,
es -- tab -- lish a -- mong them min -- is -- ters of Christ your Son in var -- i -- ous or -- ders.
}
aSop = \transpose c c {
\relative c' {
\cadenzaOn
a'8 \bar"" c\breve*1/1024 \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" \divisioMinima
c\breve*1/1024 \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" b8 \bar"" a \bar"" b \bar"" \divisioMaior
a8 \bar"" c\breve*1/1024 \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" b8 \bar"" a \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" \divisioMaior
a8 \bar"" c\breve*1/1024 \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" \divisioMinima
c\breve*1/1024 \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" b8 \bar"" a \bar"" b \bar"" \divisioMaior
a8 \bar"" c\breve*1/1024 \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" c \bar"" b8 \bar"" a \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" \divisioMaior
b\breve*1/1024 \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" a8 \bar"" b \bar"" c \bar"" b \bar"" \divisioMinima \break
b\breve*1/1024 \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" b \bar"" g8 \bar"" a \bar"" b \bar"" a \bar"" a \bar"" \divisioMaxima
\cadenzaOff
}
}
\score {
<<
\new Staff
<<
\clef "treble"
\new Voice = "sop" { \voiceOne \aSop }
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto sop \antiphonText
>>
\layout {
\context { \Lyrics
\override LyricText #'font-family = #'normal
\override LyricHyphen #'minimum-distance = #0
% \override LyricHyphen #'minimum-length = #0.3
\override LyricHyphen #'minimum-length = #0
\override LyricHyphen #'padding = #0
}
}
}