Re: squeezing a page

[David Kastrup]

Tom Sgouros <tomfool@as220.org> writes:

> Hello all:
>
> I have a piece that spans seven printed pages, and I wish it was six. There
> are just four meagre measures on that last page and I wish I could persuade
> Lilypond to squeeze one more line onto the sixth page, as it did on the
> fifth page. I've looked at some of the vertical spacing controls, and so
> far my attempts to use them seem to make things look worse. Can anyone
> share some general tips for the order of things to try to do some gentle
> squeezing?

How about just telling LilyPond you want 6 pages?

\paper {
  page-count = 6
}

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David Kastrup