On 2022-07-30 8:12 pm, Jim Cline wrote:
I am trying to use \hspace to adjust the horizontal position of a text
markup.
\hspace is probably not the best tool. Consider \tweaking the text
script:
bes-\tweak self-alignment-X #RIGHT
^\markup \smaller \with-color #blue text
bes-\tweak X-offset #-3
^\markup \smaller \with-color #blue text
In addition I want the text to be colored and smaller. But
the \hspace directive somehow disables the others, as in this example.
\version "2.20.0"
lower =
\relative c {
\time 3/4
\clef bass
bes^\markup{\smaller \with-color #blue \hspace #-3 text} r4
bes^\markup{\smaller \with-color #blue text}
}
The effects of markup commands only apply to their specific markup
arguments.
What you have effectively done is this:
\markup {
\smaller { \with-color #blue { \hspace #-3 } }
text
}
You could explicitly group the space and text:
\markup \smaller \with-color #blue { \hspace #-3 text }
Alternately, move the space outside the other commands:
\markup { \hspace #-3 \smaller \with-color #blue text }
-- Aaron Hill
