Re: TextScript.outside-staff-padding and text's baseline

[Urs Liska]

Hi Kieren,


Am 20.10.2018 um 21:22 schrieb Kieren MacMillan:
> Hi Urs,
>
> > Is there a way to force text elements to a common *baseline* (as long as 
> > collision avoidance doesn't force them farther away from the staff?
> This is a long-standing irritation of mine, with respect to Lily’s text/markup 
> handling…
>
> The only hack I’ve found so far is to force a common height, either with a 
> strut or a transparent combination which has both [maximum] ascenders and 
> [maximum] descenders:
>
> {
>   \override TextScript.outside-staff-padding = 2
>   g' _\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" "g" ^\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" 
> "q"
>   g' _\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" "b" ^\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" 
> "b"
> }

First I found that very nice, but then I realized that the padding isn't 
against the StaffSymbol but against the next object in general, so I'm 
afraid the outside-staff-padding doesn't work at all:

\version "2.19.82"

{
 \override TextScript.outside-staff-padding = 2
 \once \stemUp
 c''2 _\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" "g" ^\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" 
"q"
 g' _\p _\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" "b" ^\markup \combine \transparent "Tj" 
"b"
}

The first upper letter is pushed outside by the stem, the second lower 
letter by the dynamics.

Urs

> Hope that helps!
> Kieren.
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