Try engrave this ly code: \version "2.20.0" > >/\header {/ >/title = \markup \column {/ >/\line { "Minuet" }/ >/\line { "" }/ >/\line { "" }/ >/}/ >/subtitle = "A study in accent and in the correct timing of half beats"/ >/}/ >{s} By lilypond v2.20.0: [image: image.png] By lilypond v2.21.7: [image: image.png] Sometimes a ly code converted from music sheet software (like Finale), and their composers prone to typeset casually like this. It's better to keep accordance with the original appearance.
Hello, I cannot reproduce the original behavior where empty strings took space with a 2.20 install on Ubuntu. What is your operating system? Regards, Jean Abou-Samra
