After an extremely long syllable in the lyrics, the next measure's spacing is quite wide, even with ragged-right.
In the tiny example below, the problematic measure (of two eighth notes) comprises the word, "shine". Before each of its eighth notes, I tried the following commands, but they didn't shrink the problematic measure: \once \override Score.SpacingSpanner.average-spacing-wishes = ##t \once \override Score.SpacingSpanner.common-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8) \once \override Score.SpacingSpanner.base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8) \once \override Score.SpacingSpanner.shortest-duration-space = #0.1 \once \override Score.SpacingSpanner.spacing-increment = #1.2 Although the following command shrinks the problematic measure, it also places the second eighth note completely after the word, "shine"—which looks bad: \once \override Score.SpacingSpanner.packed-spacing = ##t How can I shrink the problematic measure (after the extremely long syllable) to a more-normal spacing, while still aligning the word, "shine" under both eighth notes (as normal)? I prefer to keep the extremely long syllable and the problematic measure together on the same system (line). Here's the tiny example: \version "2.19.37" \paper { left-margin = 5\mm right-margin = 5\mm ragged-right = ##t } \layout { \context { \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } } theLyrics = \lyricmode { \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT Rest_eternal_grant_unto_them,_O_Lord,_and_let_light_perpetual shine on } notes = \relative c'' { \time 1/1 a1 \time 2/8 a8[( c]) \break \time 1/4 a4 } \score { << \new Staff \new Voice = "one" \notes \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \theLyrics >> } -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Wide-spacing-after-extremely-long-syllable-tp188318.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user