Re: Conflict with "poet" and "Composer"

[Thomas Morley]

2017-03-30 20:43 GMT+02:00 Son_V <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
> if the field in "poet = " is too long, the words mix over the words of the
> field "composer = ".
>
> How can I get rid of this? Thanks.

The default bookTitleMarkup (see titling-init.ly) prints poet and
composer in one line.

Basically like: \markup fill-line { "poet" "composer" }

Thus, long words/expressions collide:

\markup \fill-line {
    "looooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng"
    "loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnger"
}


You have several possibilities to tackle this:
(1) Break the expressions in two or more lines as suggested by Abraham
(2) Try a smaller fontsize

\header {
  title = "Jesu Rex admirabilis"
  poet = \markup \fontsize #-1 "Simone Verovio (1575 – 1607) - dal
'Diletto Spirituale'"
  composer = \markup \fontsize #-1 "Attrib. Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina (1525 ca. – 1594)"

  tagline = "24 marzo 2017"
}

\markup \null

(3) Try a narrow font

\header {
  title = "Jesu Rex admirabilis"
  poet =
    \markup
      \override #'(font-name . "Times New Roman,")
      "Simone Verovio (1575 – 1607) - dal 'Diletto Spirituale'"
  composer =
    \markup
      \override #'(font-name . "Times New Roman,")
      "Attrib. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 ca. – 1594)"

  tagline = "24 marzo 2017"
}

\markup \null

(4) Redefine bookTitleMarkup

myBookTitleMarkup =\markup {
    \override #'(baseline-skip . 3.5)
    \column {
      \fill-line { \fromproperty #'header:dedication }
      \override #'(baseline-skip . 3.5)
      \column {
        \fill-line {
          \huge \larger \larger \bold
          \fromproperty #'header:title
        }
        \fill-line {
          \large \bold
          \fromproperty #'header:subtitle
        }
        \fill-line {
          \smaller \bold
          \fromproperty #'header:subsubtitle
        }
        %% changed from here
        \fill-line {
          \large \bold \fromproperty #'header:instrument
        }
        \fill-line {
          \fromproperty #'header:poet
          \null
        }
        \fill-line {
          \null
          \fromproperty #'header:composer
        }
        %% until here
        \fill-line {
          \fromproperty #'header:meter
          \fromproperty #'header:arranger
        }
      }
    }
  }

\paper {
  bookTitleMarkup = \myBookTitleMarkup
}

\header {
  title = "Jesu Rex admirabilis"
  poet = "Simone Verovio (1575 – 1607) - dal 'Diletto Spirituale'"
  composer = "Attrib. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 ca. – 1594)"
  instrument = "whatever-instrument/voice"

  tagline = "24 marzo 2017"
}

\markup \null

HTH,
  Harm