Should have known this would be in the manual. Thanks. ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️ Fr. Samuel, OSB (R. Padraic Springuel) St. Anselm’s Abbey 4501 South Dakota Ave, NE Washington, DC, 20017 202-269-2300 (c) 202-853-7036
PAX ☧ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ > On Nov 21, 2020, at 12:00 PM, Xavier Scheuer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 17:45, Fr. Samuel Springuel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > How can I apply italics to part of a syllable in the lyrics context? When > > I use the method I usually use to apply italics, it automatically creates a > > new syllable: > > > > #(ly:set-option 'relative-includes #t) > > \version "2.20.0" > > > > \new Staff > > << > > \new Voice = "mel" { c' c' } > > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "mel" { \lyricmode { hat\override > > Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic (s) \revert > > Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape show } } > > >> > > Hello, > > As the doc says: "Markup mode may be used to format individual syllables in > lyrics". > NR 2.1.1 Common notation for vocal music > Entering lyrics > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music.html#entering-lyrics > > Hence you can use \concat and \italic. > \markup { \concat { hat \italic (s) } } show > > Cheers, > Xavier > > -- > Xavier Scheuer <[email protected]> >
