Hi Carl, Thanks, but since you gathered both staves to a single score, yes that works. However, if 2 scores the first syllable looks ok -- so better output -- but the problem remains:
\version "2.20.0" %% just a line to show the horizontal spacing: redline = \markup { \with-color #red \with-dimensions-from \null \translate #'(.6 . -15) \draw-line #'(0 . 25) } %%% \score { << { \voiceOne c'' 4 4 4 \new Voice { \voiceOne c''4 4 4 } 4 4 } \\ { \voiceTwo c'4 4 4 4-\redline 4 4 4-\redline 4 \tweak extra-offset #'(-.5 . -9)\mark\redline } >> } \score { << \new Staff = Portee << { \voiceOne c'' 4 4 4 \new Voice ="lyrvoice" { \voiceOne c''4 4 4 } 4 4 } \\ { \voiceTwo c'4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 } >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lyrvoice" { la -- la -- la } >> \layout { \context { \Lyrics alignAboveContext = "Portee" \override LyricText.font-size = #0 %\remove Axis_group_engraver %% Yep!! %\override LyricText.Y-offset = 1 %\override LyricHyphen.Y-offset = 1 } } } Cheers, Pierre Le mar. 28 avr. 2020 à 15:03, Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> a écrit : > > > > > *From: *Pierre Perol-Schneider <pierre.schneider.pa...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 2:39 AM > *To: *lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > *Subject: *Lyrics vs horizontal spacing > > > > <snip> > > I'm not sure if this is a bug (I didn't find any it in the bug list). > > Anyway, I'd like to avoid this bad spacing. Any idea how to? > > > > CS-> I eliminated it by using \addlyrics. I have found \addlyrics to be > difficult enough to use properly that I exclusively use \lyricsto > > > > %% > > \version "2.20.0" > > > > %% just a line to show the horizontal spacing: > > redline = \markup { > > \with-color #red > > \with-dimensions-from \null > > \translate #'(.6 . -15) > > \draw-line #'(0 . 25) > > } > > %%% > > \score { > > << > > << > > { \voiceOne c'' 4 4 4 \new Voice { \voiceOne c''4 4 4 } 4 4 } \\ > > { \voiceTwo c'4 4 4 4-\redline 4 4 4-\redline 4 } > > >> > > > > \new Staff = Portee << > > { > > \voiceOne c'' 4 4 4 > > \new Voice = "lyrvoice" { \voiceOne c''4 4 4 } > > % \addlyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "Portee" } { la la la } > > 4 4 } \\ > > { \voiceTwo c'4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 } > > >> > > \new Lyrics \with {alignAboveContext = "Portee"} > > \lyricsto "lyrvoice" { la la la } > > > > > > >> > > } > > \layout { > > \context { > > \Voice > > \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = 0 % <= no effect > > } > > \context { > > \Lyrics > > \override LyricText.font-size = #-10 % <= no effect > > } > > } > > %%% > > > > > > HTH, > > > > Carl > > >