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Spacing between lyric lines

Sometimes for legibility's sake I'd like to be able to get a little more white space in between lyric lines in printed output. Is there a way to do this that I've missed, or should I rush off to the Wish List with it?

Re: Spacing between lyric lines

Reply #1 –
Here's a workaround. Let's say you have two lyric lines; specify three instead. Put your lyrics into #1 and #3, leaving #2 blank. Voila. Now you have a lot more space.

Unfortunately, there's no way of changing the width of that newly acquired space, since font size is global for lyrics. So mayhaps a trip to the wish list would be appropriate.
Fred

Re: Spacing between lyric lines

Reply #2 –
The vertical space used by each lyric line is based on size of the font, and is fixed as such. You can perform tricks such as a blank lyric line or layers, but there is no direct way of nudging a little more space between each line.

Re: Spacing between lyric lines

Reply #3 –
Oh, yes! (light comes on, the little bell rings) NW Support mentioned Layering! By tweaking the lyric displacement and/or lower staff clearance, one should be able to get pretty fine control.

Re: Spacing between lyric lines

Reply #4 –
You can also use this technique (layering) to vary the lyric positioning on individual systems/bars/notes.

For instance if the melody drops very low for a couple of bars then you might want to move the lyrics down temporarily, which isn't possible with just one stave, so you just put those lyrics onto a layered stave in a different position.

Peter