On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 1:01 PM Paul Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of the hardest things to find information on, it seems to me, is how > to adjust vertical spacing. There's lots of information about adjusting > spacing within systems, but little about fitting systems on a page. > > In the example below, there is lots of space between the systems. The > global font size is 20.2; if I increase the font size to 20.3 Lilypond > will no longer tolerate having these systems on the same page. Why? - > there's plenty of room. More to the point, how do I tell LilyPond to > allow the systems to get closer? > > Paul
It's a big topic, but have a look here: https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/vertical-spacing Basically, you would be fiddling with these values: %%% \paper { system-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 12) (minimum-distance . 8) (padding . 1) (stretchability . 30)) % defaults: 12, 8, 1, 60 } %%% Make sure that basic-distance > minimum-distance > padding. I play a lot with the stretchability value. This controls how tightly the systems "hang" from the top. -- Knute Snortum
