Re: Descenders affecting line height calculation for lyrics in columns?

[Bernhard Fisseni]

Hi Kieren,

thank you very much for the nice workaround!

Kieren MacMillan schrieb am 20.01.22 um 13:45:
> > Lilypond seems to calculate the "real" line height of the writing, not some 
> > kind of nominal text line height, so that a line with descenders is higher than a line 
> > without.
>
> Yes, this is a constant thorn in my engraving side.
> I *so* wish we could control line-leading instead of baseline-skip…

Thank you!  Should this be in the manual?  (Or is it, and I missed it?)

> > is there some tweak to line height calculation, or a way to add "phantom" 
> > maximum underlength letters?
>
> In my main include file, I have the following definition:
>
>      strut = \markup \transparent { Tj }
>
> Then, in markups, I use
>
>      \combine $text \strut
>
> to guarantee a consistent height/spacing.
Great, thank you again!

Should some remark about this be added to 
<https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/stanzas>?  It 
might come as a surprise if a recommended solution does not work 
‘beautifully’.

I suppose Ij might save even more space – but there is nothing like 
TeX's \llap or \rlap (i.e. boxes without width)?

Best regards
  Bernhard