RE: How to add padding around whiteout text

[Joseph N. Srednicki]

Please ignore my last message; it crossed with this one.

Thanks, Simon. 

Much appreciated.

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Albrecht [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 5:07 PM
To: Joseph N. Srednicki <address@hidden>; address@hidden
Subject: Re: How to add padding around whiteout text

On 24.03.2016 19:25, Joseph N. Srednicki wrote:
> Could someone please explain how to add some padding around the text 
> or point me to the location in the documentation or mail archive that 
> deals with this issue?

Just use:

\markup {
   \override #'(thickness . 5)
   \whiteout { \fontsize #-3 \line { ad libitum } } }

This is documented in the documentation for markup commands, NR A.11.7.

HTH, Simon