Many thanks, Kieren! Your method works well, but if anyone else has other suggestions, I am open to hearing them.
Gabriel On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 12:02, Kieren MacMillan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gabriel, > > > Another, similar, engraving issue has come up. Is there a way to put > brackets on words? > > I searched (quickly, as I have little time right now!) for a way to adjust > the stencil of a lyric tie, but couldn’t find it; that seems like the best > way (to my mind) to do what you want, as it could/should “flex” > automagically. > > My fallback would be to simply invert the instructions for the fermata: > > verse = \lyricmode { > \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #-0.95 > "The heavens declare the" > \markup \override #'(baseline-skip . 0.8) %% adjust to taste > \general-align #Y #-0.15 > \center-column { glory \override #'(thickness . 2) \concat { \draw-line > #'(0 . 0.5) \draw-line #'(1.5 . 0) \draw-line #'(0 . 0.5) } } of God; > "and the" firma -- ment > sheweth his handy-work. > } > > But maybe someone else has a less manual/hacky solution?! > > Best, > Kieren. > __________________________________________________ > > My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel > obligated to read or respond to this email outside of your normal working > hours. > >
