----- Original Message -----
From: Graham King
To: lilypond-user
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 9:37 AM
Subject: Vertical spacing on final page of score
> I'm having a bit of a struggle with the spacing of systems on the final
> page of a 12-page score. With
> \paper { ragged-last-bottom = ##t }
> the final page has three systems crowded together, followed by a sea of
> whitespace, then the copyright line. But with
> \paper { ragged-last-bottom = ##f }
> the spacing between systems is reasonable but the final system is too
> close to the copyright line.
>
> I've tried various things, including:
> changing the copyright line to \markup { \center-column { " " \vspace #10
> "some text" }}
> changing \paper { system-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #29 }
First thing: I'm assuming it's not really the copyright notice that is the
problem: this should be at the bottom of the first page. I think it's
actually the tagline you're discussing: this goes at the bottom of the last
page.