I have a few questions after compiling my mudela source with ly2dvi
1.1.36. The music contains 4 staves, one voice each, all inside a
ChoirStaff group.
1) The lyrics collide with some notes (slightly) and slurs (very
obvious). Does lilypond have calculation to avoid collision of
different items, such as lyrics, dynamics, articulations, etc.?
2) The font is fixed in both size and family (Times whatever size). Is
it possible to change in the source?
3) I notice that the word extension (the long horizontal line invoked by
"__") goes all the way to the beginning of the next "note" after the
duration of the word right before "__". In some cases it produces
undesirable effects. Wouldn't it be better if the line just extends to
the last note in the melisma? Perhaps put this feature into another
function?
4) Since my score has some synchopation in it, the word extension does
not as expected since I cannot specify a duration like (2 + 16) (half +
sixteenth). Is is possible to do it?
5) Right now the square bracket wraps all four staves. However, I would
like it to wrap only the last 3 but not the first one. Is it possible?
This problem actually extends to conductor scores since it can contain
different kinds of braces and brackets of different lengths.
6) As a follow-up of (5), it would be nice to choose the type of
bracket.
7) Suppose I have a staff with 2 voices in it, and in some places I want
the lyrics of the upper voice to appear above the staff, whereas in
other places everything stays the same, i.e., under the staff. Is it
possible?
8) It would be great if I can add markings and footnotes like those in
teaching books, where you would have "(a)", "(1)", or "*" in the score
and then a footnote at the bottom of the page.
9) Is it possible to set the size of individual or groups of elements?
In general I prefer a smaller size for the notes as well as the whole
score, but choosing a smaller "paperxx.ly" would affect the title and
all other texts, which is not what I want as a side-effect. Also, I
don't know how to adjust the page margin. (I used to print scores with
1" gutter, that is, the extra space for hole punchers.)
Thank you very much for your time. Your help is much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Desmond Lam
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