Re: text formatting inside \addlyrics

[Gerard McConnell]

Hi James,
I tried it and that's what happened; I've attached the file in case you'd 
like a look at the result.
On the other hand, I can confirm that Phil Holme's idea does work -
\override LyricText #'font-shape = #'italic italic text \override LyricText 
#'font-shape = #'normal
Gerard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Bailey" <address@hidden>
To: "Gerard McConnell" <address@hidden>
Cc: "Kieren MacMillan" <address@hidden>; 
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Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: text formatting inside \addlyrics


> On 22.04.2010, at 23:04, Gerard McConnell wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kieren MacMillan" 
> > <address@hidden>
> > To: "Gerard McConnell" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: text formatting inside \addlyrics
> >
> >
> > > Hi Gerard,
> > >
> > > > How do I italicize a section of text inside \addlyrics?
> > >
> > > \markup \italic { a section of text to be italicised }
> > I don't think that will work; that will italicize the section of  text, 
> > but the words will no longer be treated as lyrics, that is,  they won't 
> > be aligned under the notes as lyrics would be.
>
> What would lead you to come to this conclusion?

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