Re: lyrics distance from staff

[Mats Bengtsson]

Did you set the minimumVerticalExtent property of both the
Staff context and the Lyrics context?
I have answered several similar questions earlier, check the
mailing list archives.

   /Mats

David Bobroff wrote:
> I'd like to move some lyrics much closer to the staff than they are
> now.  I've searched a number of times looking for a clue.  I finally
> found something in one of the examples which involves \translator and
> \LyricsContext.  I could see that it was functioning by placing huge
> values in minimumVerticalExtent to see which way it would move the
> lyrics.  I could set them further from the staff above (or below) but I
> could not get them any closer to the staff above.  Currently the tops of
> capital letters are about a staff width from the bottom of the staff.  I
> want them rather close.  Maybe with the tops of the capitals set even
> with the first ledger line below the staff.
>
> -David
>
>
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