Re: italic phrase in lyrics

[Carolyn Beeton]

I have these functions defined:

\version “2.24.0"

italic = {
  \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
}

bold = {
  \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-series = #'bold
}

normal = {
  \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-series
  \revert Lyrics.LyricText.font-shape
}

and I use them like this:

VerseOne = \lyricmode
{
  \italic "O Lord, open thou our lips;" \normal "And our mouth shall show” 
\bold forth thy \normal praise.
}

Carolyn

> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 17:05:54 -0400 (EDT)
> From: David Olson <dadadha...@dslextreme.com>
> To: lilypond-user <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> Subject: italic phrase in lyrics
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> Suppose the lyrics contain two contradictory propositions: 
> 
> Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is in -- vent -- ed. 
> Ma -- the -- ma -- tics is dis -- cov -- ered. 
> 
> Is this the only way to put the second proposition in italics? 
> 
> \markup { \italic Ma } -- 
> \markup { \italic the } -- 
> \markup { \italic ma } -- 
> \markup { \italic tics } 
> \markup { \italic is } 
> \markup { \italic dis } -- 
> \markup { \italic cov } -- 
> \markup { \italic ered. }