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Changing stanza fonts

Fonts can be changed independently for each stanza, including the font used for printing the stanza number.

…4 g2 e4 a2 f4 g2. } \addlyrics { \set stanza = #"1. " Hi, my name is Bert. } \addlyrics { \override StanzaNumber.font-name = #"DejaVu Sans" \set stanza = #"2. " \override LyricText.font-family = #'typewriter Oh, …

Vertically aligning stanza numbers of different staves

It can happen that stanza numbers don't align vertically if the verses …

…new Staff { b b b b } \lyrics { \set stanza = "3." a a a a } \new Staff { b … …b b b b } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = "1." \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT aaaaaaaaaa a a a } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2." a a a a } >> \paper { tagline = ##f }

…the dispersion of the text may differ from stanza to stanza. This snippets shows a possibility how … …they differ from the notes of the first stanza. The lyrics of the different stanzas are aligned correctly according to the voice of the respective stanza.

…the dispersion of the text may differ from stanza to stanza. %This snippets shows a possibility how … …it goes on and on. } secondStanzaLyrics = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2." But se -- cond stan -- za … …since we want the lyrics of the second stanza to be aligned correctly, %we need to enter …

…3 { c4 c c c \break } lyrOne = { \set stanza = "1. " \lyricmode { \repeat unfold 11 { bla -- } bla } } … …repeat unfold 11 { bar -- } bar } } lyrFive = { \set stanza = "5. " \lyricmode { \repeat unfold 11 { baz -- } baz } } lyrSix = { \set stanza = "6. " \lyricmode { \repeat unfold 11 { har -- } har } } \…

…text, but % to the vertical center leftbrace = \set stanza = \markup { \hspace #1 \translate #'(0 . 0.8) \… …override StanzaNumber.extra-offset = #'(0 . -1) } leftbrace = \set stanza = \markup { \hspace #1 \translate #'(0 . -0.6) \left-brace #25 } rightbrace = \set stanza = \markup { \hspace #1 \translate #'(0 . 0.4) \…

…END SNIPPET SPECIFIC WORKAROUND SECTION ============================= %% ====================================================================== txtChorus = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "Ch." This is a ve- ry me- lo- … …first verse of three. This } txtVerseII = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2." And now this is the se- cond one. } txtVerseIII = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "3." And this is the end of my …

…a a a } } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "notes" { \set stanza = #"1." Hey non -- ny no } \new … …la la la } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "notes" { \set stanza = #"3." Fid -- dle di dee } \new AltLyrics \lyricsto "notes" { \set stanza = #"4." Da da da dum } >>

…Voice = "two" \upperTwo >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" { \set stanza = "1." \firstverse } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" { \set stanza = "2." \secondverse } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" { \set stanza = "3." \thirdverse } \context Staff = "lower" << \clef bass \context …

…d e( f) g1 \bar"|." } lyr = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "1. " Do, ““Re, Mi, Fa, Do, Re, %\once \… …5 "...mimifa," \markup \bold Sol— } lyrA = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2. " “Do Re, Mi, Fa, Do, Re, mimifa... Sol!” } lyrControl = \lyricmode{ \set stanza = "Control: " \revert LyricText.X-offset Do Re Mi Fa …

…round bracket before a chord: % --------------------------------------------------------------- openbracket = { \set stanza = \markup {\normal-text \magnify #1.1 " ("} } % --------------------------------------------------------------- % ----- Voices: … …BassNote OptA OptB OptC OptD OptE FillStr \set stanza = #"C-Dur:" \markup \fSymbol "T" "3" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" \openbracket \markup \… …c c } \addlyrics { \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT \set stanza = #"Usage:" \markup \fSymbol "F" "2" "3" "4" "…