Re: horizontal lyric spacing?

[Aaron Hill]

On 2021-06-20 6:30 pm, Molly Preston wrote:
> What is the best way to make more room horizontally for lyrics? I have 
> two
> syllable words that look like they are one syllable words (ie no hyphen
> visible) , and I am not sure the best way to space them or if there is 
> some
> special property I don't understand?

This is one of my utility functions:

%%%%
forceHyphen = \lyricmode {
  \once \override LyricHyphen.minimum-distance = #2
}
%%%%

You then use it like this:

%%%%
\lyricmode { And the \forceHyphen white -- robed mar -- tyrs fol -- low, 
}
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill