> A problem with the textscript solution is (as far as I can see) that
> b.c. figures won't necessarily be horizontally aligned for each line of
> a score as they IMHO should be. Besides, as may be seen in your example,
> the figures may come very close (too close) to the bass notes in case of
> low notes.
When I looked through some printed baroque music at home,
I found a few editions where the figures weren't horizontally
aligned, but I guess that the aligned layout is most common.
The spacing between the figures and the notes can be adjusted
by setting the property LyricsExtraVerticalExtent.
/Mats