You might try the brute-force method:
\paper {
page-count = #1
% system-count = #4
}
I often use page-count (and \break at appropriate places) to save myself
many trials.
If this does not solve the problem there are lots of other settings in
the paper block to experiment with.
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Is there a way to control the vertical spacing between the lines of the lyrics?
I want to reduce the spacing slightly between the lines to see if I can get a
piece to fit on one page. I tried playing with these but to no avail.
\override Score.LyricSpace #'padding = #0
\override Score.LyricSpace
Greetings,
You wrote:-
+++
Is there a way to control the vertical spacing between the lines of the
lyrics?
I want to reduce the spacing slightly between the lines to see if I can
get a
piece to fit on one page. I tried playing with these but to
David Bobroff wrote:
You should be able to find several examples in the mailing list
archives. The basic ideas are described in the section on Vertical
spacing inside a system.
I went there per your suggestion and tried tweaking the minimum-y-extent
but I was unable to make it any
I went looking in the mail archive to see if I could find an answer to
my question as I had not heard from anybody, only to discover that Mats
had responded. For some reason it did not find its way to my in-box.
Which LilyPond version? The vertical spacing handling has changed
significantly
Hi, David:
I went there per your suggestion and tried tweaking the minimum-y-
extent
but I was unable to make it any better. I eventually tried
#'extra-offset on the lyrics. This solved half of the problem. I was
able to move them close enough to the staff for my purposes but, of
course, it
Wow, yeah, that did it. Thanks!
-David
Kieren MacMillan wrote:
Hi, David:
I went there per your suggestion and tried tweaking the minimum-y-extent
but I was unable to make it any better. I eventually tried
#'extra-offset on the lyrics. This solved half of the problem. I was
able to
I want to move some lyrics much closer to the staff. I also think I
need to decrease the space below them as well. I have not yet found the
right place in the docs. Could somebody point the way?
-David
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Which LilyPond version? The vertical spacing handling has changed
significantly
in the latest development version 2.11, compared to earlier versions.
You should be able to find several examples in the mailing list
archives. The
basic ideas are described in the section on Vertical spacing
