Re: Lyrics overruning left staff line

[Mats Bengtsson]

I would recommend to use the predefined macros #left #right and #center
For example:
\override     LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #left


  /Mats

Lloyd Kvam wrote:
> Thanks, that worked perfectly.  Much better than my s4._" " spacing.
>
> I assume that 
> 	-1 is text starts at note (left justified)
>         0 is text centered on note
>         +1 is text ends at note (right justified)
> (Perhaps only the sign matters)
>
> On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 09:32, Rob V wrote:
>
> > Lloyd,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this the official way to solve your problem.  There used to be an example of lyric alignment on the website, but I can't seem to find it.  
> >
> > Try this around each line:
> >
> > \override     LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-1
> >                        In_peace,_let_us
> > \override     LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #0
> >                         pray to the Lord.
> >
> >
> > Rob

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