It seems to me that when scores are set with lots of white space, the rules are followed meticulously (and that this is why computer-generated scores began by being set much too loosely on the page - it's easier to follow spacing rules when you have lots of room to do so). As scores are set tighter on the page (I mean as a "variable", not as a historical trend), then it can become necessary to break more rules in order to fit everything in. Lyric spacing is IME generally the first thing to go out the window in that case.
Isolated, your example looks perfect to me. I think what's making it look ugly to you is probably that it makes the spacing suddenly wider in an otherwise fairly-tight score. I see several possibilities for you (not listed in any order): - Pretend you like it this way - Increase the horizontal spacing of the whole score - Choose a much narrower lyric font - Print the same lyric font a lot smaller [might be hard to read] - Put a line break nearby, to prevent line break right there - Change the syllable alignment for that note [I don't like this choice; the singer can't read it very well] My opinion: because you've been studying this problem for a while now, Lilypond's default probably looks worse to you than it really is. -- David R _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
