Oops - I did not send that to the listserv. This does that.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Jeffery Shivers <jefferyshiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Don, > > If you're working > in > lyric > mode > and not markups > , > > you can > > : > > > emphasize = { > \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic > \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold > } > > \emphasize at the beginning of the text of your middle verse. You can > change what 'emphasize' does - that's just the usage example from the > documentation: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/using-variables-for-layout-adjustments > > // > > If you're using markups: > \bold { will make all this text bold } but not this, so just make sure you > encapsulate the whole body. > > Which is explained better here. > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/formatting-text > > Hope that helps! > -j > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Don Gingrich <gingr...@internode.on.net> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've got a score with a treble and bass part and three >> verses worth of lyrics in between. Is there some simple >> way to make the middle set of lyrics a different colour >> or bold or underlined -- anything to make it easier to keep >> track of which verse? It's made more complicated since >> we're a choir singing in Scottish Gaelic (and we're mostly >> *not* fluent Gaelic speakers. i.e. learning lyrics more or >> less phonetically.) >> >> I can send the .ly file, but it would be really difficult to >> extract a useful example, given my level of LilyPond >> knowledge. >> >> Thanks, >> -Don (Victorian Scottish Gaelic Society Choir) >> -- >> Don Gingrich >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > >
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