Re: lyrics dashes

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > is there a standard way to detect the hyphen position?
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> I don't think so.  Contrary to the x-height of glyphs there is no
> necessity normally to get this value.
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> > Or should we shove "-" down pango, and take the BBox of that?
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> This sounds like an excellent idea, since we not only get the right
> position but the correct thickness too.
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> BTW, is it possible to use the font's dash glyph itself?  In some

I guess it is, but will require slight rehacking.

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