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<h5 class="subsubsection">2.1.3.4 Spacing out syllables</h5>
<p><a name="index-Spacing-lyrics-1912"></a><a name="index-Lyrics_002c-increasing-space-between-1913"></a>
To increase the spacing between lyrics, set the minimum-distance property of
LyricSpace.
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<pre class="verbatim">
{
c c c c
\override Lyrics.LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #1.0
c c c c
}
\addlyrics {
longtext longtext longtext longtext
longtext longtext longtext longtext
}
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<p>To make this change for all lyrics in the score, set the property in the
layout.
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<pre class="verbatim">
\score {
\relative c' {
c c c c
c c c c
}
\addlyrics {
longtext longtext longtext longtext
longtext longtext longtext longtext
}
\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #1.0
}
}
}
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<p><em>Aligning lyrics</em>
<p>Horizontal alignment for lyrics cam be set by overriding the
<code>self-alignment-X</code> property of the <code>LyricText</code> object.
<code>#-1</code> is left, <code>#0</code> is center and <code>#1</code> is right;
however, you can use <code>#LEFT</code>, <code>#CENTER</code> and <code>#RIGHT</code> as
well.
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\layout { ragged-right = ##f }
\relative c'' {
c1
c1
c1
}
\addlyrics {
\once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
"This is left-aligned"
\once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER
"This is centered"
\once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #1
"This is right-aligned"
}
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<p>Checking to make sure that text scripts and lyrics are within the margins is
a relatively large computational task. To speed up processing, LilyPond does
not perform such calculations by default; to enable it, use
<pre class="example">\override Score.PaperColumn #'keep-inside-line = ##t
</pre>
<p>To make lyrics avoid bar lines as well, use
<pre class="example">\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\consists "Bar_engraver"
\consists "Separating_line_group_engraver"
\override BarLine #'transparent = ##t
}
}
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