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Labels: Needs-design
Comment #6 on issue 2455 by [email protected]: Lyrics should be
compressed when there's not enough horizontal space
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2455
[maybe it's because of the new lilypond-auto mailing list, to which the
comments are now sent? You can also try starring this issue.]
Yeah, but the microtype handles something completely different: its job is
to make the paragraph look even. LilyPond's job is to attach lyrics to
notes in a most legible way, and the problems arise when there's a long
sylable attached to short note, for example "schmerz" or "straight" - there
are only two possibilities: widen the note spacing or shrink the syllable.
Widening note spacing disturbs the rhythm, and thus it shall be reduced to
minimum in my opinion; that's why i want to squeeze the text - ±2% here
wouldn't make any difference. Of course the amount must be user-settable;
i could agree to 6% being default value, for example.
Btw, do you have any objections to changing tracking, similar to this
engraved example
http://lilypond-stuff.1065243.n5.nabble.com/file/n5607332/example_-_Messiah_baerenreiter.jpg
?
