Re: vertically aligning text/marks/tempo

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Urs,

> Overriding #'padding or #'outside-staff-padding doesn't have any useful 
> effect either.

Really?

%%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.19"
\language "english"

\paper { ragged-right = ##f }

baselines = {
  \override TextScript.padding = #2.5
  c'4^\markup { Du liebst mich nicht } c' c' c' c'1 \bar "||"
  e'16^\markup { Der Zwerg } a' e' a' e' a' e' a' r2
  <e' a' c'>2^\markup { An mein Herz } r
}

\score { \baselines }
%%%%  SNIPPET ENDS

Of course, you still have to manually deal with the [long-standing and 
long-irritating] fact that texts are not baseline-aligned, but bottom-aligned… 
but that’s easily done by adding a strut in each markup.

Hope this helps,
Kieren.
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