On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:38:43 Jeffery Shivers wrote: > 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-l > > ayout-adjustments > > > > //
What I did was: emphasize = { \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-family = #'sans \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold } normal= { \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-family \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-series } and PartPOneVoiceOneLyricsTwo = \lyricmode { \emphasize Is "fòs" ri taobh nan aibh -- nich -- ean "Théid" seach -- ad sios gu "mall," A ta e "'ga" mo "threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball." A ta e "'ga" mo "threò" -- rach -- adh Gu "mìn" "réidh" anns gach "ball." \normal \skip4 (many repeats) } It worked well, thanks a lot -- I just had no clue about which variable to tweak -- and there don't seem to be any of the Lyrics.LyricText. sub-options that would change colour, so I'll give that a miss. And once I had Lyrics.LyricText. to put into a search, I found the relevant documentation for other options. Though I would note that the documentation is a bit sparse WRT possible options for font-family - I guessed (correctly as it turns out) that sans would be a possible alternative to the standard serif font. The resulting output is definitely readable so I'm pleased with the result. Thanks again. -Don > > > > 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 -- Don Gingrich gingr...@internode.on.net gingr...@gmail.com gingr...@acm.org don.gingr...@member.sage-au.org.au http://www.gingrich.id.au for web page _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user