Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 126, Issue 150

[Kevin Barry]

> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 22:33:01 +0200
> From: Hanns Holger Rutz <address@hidden>
> To: lilypond-user <address@hidden>
> Subject: top-aligned superscriptions
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> hi,
>
> how can I enforce superscriptions to be vertically aligned? e.g.
>
> r32^\markup { \raise #10 \italic { Cell }} c'32^\markup { \raise #10 \italic { 
> Cell }}
>
> the `raise` doesn't seem to have any effect, the two words "Cell" appear right 
> above the rest and the note at different vertical positions.
>
> I need to have text annotations which appear always top-aligned (no matter 
> whether there are tuplet bars etc.)
>
> thanks, .h.h.

\raise only works if there is something that comes before it in the 
markup, so if you want to begin a \markup block with \raise you have to 
put \null in front of it, so

r32\markup { \null \raise #10 }

should work.  Harm's suggestion of setting the staff-padding property is 
more efficient if you intend to line up many markups (although it's not 
always optimal - letters that go below the line, like j or y will not 
behave as you might want).  A further option would be to put the words 
in some kind of lyric context, which would line them up perfectly, but 
may be more tricky depending on what you're trying to do.

K.