On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote:
> On 11/16/13 10:38 AM, "Mark Stephen Mrotek" <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > > >Mr. O'Hara: > > > >My use of the ragged bottom is very particular. I use Lilypond to set > >piano > >scores for viewing on a tablet (easy page turning!). In a set of > >variations, > >some (if not all) of the variations might not be long enough to fill the > >page, and two consecutive variations would be too much. Each variation is > >started on a new page. Without the "ragged-bottom" the distance between > >the > >staves is "stretched" to occupy the entire length of the page. From page > >to > >page this change in distance confuses my "eye." With the ragged-bottom the > >distance between staves is consistent and my eye tracks comfortably. > >Another > >solution may exist. This is the one that I found and use. > > If your variations are only one page long, you could achieve the same > effect with ragged-last-bottom. Keith is asking about ragged-bottom, > which applies to every page of the score. > > Thanks, > > Carl > > I have a similar application to Mark's. I use LilyPond to prepare slides for projecting hymns. I found at one point that if I do not use ragged-bottom, then if a section of music requires one system per slide (such as when each voice has its own lyrics), then a flush bottom will stretch the system vertically to fill the space, which is not visually pleasing, nor is it ideal for the people singing. This may be a function of something else, but that's the association I found. Carl Peterson
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