Why don’t you insert another \set stanza = "2." In front of the second "Should" ?
Kind regards Michael Mobil gesendet > Am 20.04.2020 um 16:14 schrieb Benjamin Bloomfield <bhb...@gmail.com>: > > > I've been using shortVocalName to engrave stanza numbers at the beginnings of > systems, but I'm running into trouble with occasional collisions with the > first LyricText: > <image.png> > > Here is my lilypond code: > \version "2.20.0" > \score { > << > \new Staff > << > \clef "treble" > \new Voice = "sop" { c'4 \bar "" \break c' } > >> > > { > << > \new Lyrics \lyricsto sop { \lyricmode { > \set stanza = "2. " > \set shortVocalName = "2. " > Should Should > }} > >> > } > > >> > } > \layout { > \context { \Lyrics > \override InstrumentName.direction = #RIGHT > \override InstrumentName.padding = #1.5 > } > } > > I'm not sure how to go about automatically avoiding these collisions, but it > seems like there should be a relatively simple way to do so. Does anyone > have any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Benjamin Bloomfield > <!test.ly>