Dirk Laurie wrote:
> > Maybe Rainer can tell us how to fix the somewhat erratic vertical
> spacing
> > in the lyrics.
>
The vertical spacing of multiple verses is indeed a weakness of the
underlying \vbox stacking mechanism which assumes a default font size of
10pt. The vertical space occupied by a lyrics line doesn't grow or
shrink along with the selected font.
The current musixlyr version 1.1a solves the problem by introducing a
dedicated "lyrics strut" which determines the vertical space reserved
for a lyrics element. The size has to be adjusted explicitly with the
\setlyrstrut command after having selected the lyrics font. In the given
"Bread, Blessed and Broken" example, the line
> %%\\hoffset=-0.5in\twelvess\largemusicsize\
>
has to be completed to:
%%\\hoffset=-0.5in\twelvess\setlyrstrut\largemusicsize\
This will, whatever font \twelvess might reveal, insert appropriate
vertical space around each verse.
Best regards,
Rainer
