Hi Kieren, this is how I might do it:
use combine to place the number "above" the title line, so it doesn't disturb its centering. %%% \version "2.17.29" \paper { bookTitleMarkup = \markup \fill-line { \abs-fontsize #18 \fromproperty #'header:title } scoreTitleMarkup = \markup \center-column { \combine \fill-line { \override #'(baseline-skip . 0) \center-column { \abs-fontsize #18 \fromproperty #'header:title \abs-fontsize #13 \concat { "(" \fromproperty #'header:performers ")" } } } \general-align #X #LEFT \abs-fontsize #18 \override #'(box-padding . 0.5) \box \concat { "#" \fromproperty #'header:no } } } \header { no = "123" title = "My Awesome Song" performers = "Me and You" } \score { c' } %%% If the title is to long, it will collide with the number! The solution with the hspace element on the right might be done with a special markup-command ... but now its time for lunch, children and so on ;) HTH Jan-Peter Am 16.12.2013 11:25, schrieb Kieren MacMillan: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the help… until someone comes up with a truly “automated” method, > I’m simply going to hand-code the extra spacing “strut", e.g. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user