Re: staff consisting of lyrics with bar lines

[Mats Bengtsson]

Isn't it easier to add the Bar_engraver to the default Lyrics context 
definition:

\layout{
 \context{
   \Lyrics
   \consists Bar_engraver
   \override BarLine #'bar-size = #4
 }
}

You still have to adjust the vertical position, since the center of the 
bar lines will be aligned with the baseline of the lyrics, whereas you  
probably want them aligned with the vertical center of the lyrics (which 
may be different if you only have characters that extend downwards, like 
"pgj" or characters that extend upwards, like "lhkfbd".

  /Mats

Jonathan Kulp wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Alan Shaw <address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>
>     I am trying to make a staff consisting only of lyrics separated by
>     bar lines.
>     I've made a Rhythmic Staff with number of lines set to 0, removed the
>     time-signature, used hideNotes on the notes the lyrics are
>     attached to, and
>     used hidden rests. The result is close to what I want, but I can't
>     seem to
>     get the lyrics centered vertically between the bar lines (that is,
>     right in
>     the center of the staff itself if it were visible). The best I can do,
>     fiddling with the numbers in minimum-Y-extent for the
>     VerticalAxisGroup, is
>     get them to barely overlap the lower portion of the space between
>     the bars.
>
>     Any suggestions? I've searched this forum and the documentation pretty
>     thoroughly. Thanks.
>
>     Alan Shaw
>
>
> extra-offset is your friend.  Add this to your code:
>
> \override LyricText #'extra-offset = #'( 0.0 . 5.6)
>
> I just changed the offset value from the following snippet from the 
> Lilypond Snippet Repository:
>
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=537
>
> HTH,
>
> Jon
>
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