Re: Lining up the word "subito"

[Malte Meyn]

Am 23.12.2017 um 10:10 schrieb Andrew Bernard:
> Also, with respect, when asking for help on the list people usually 
> provide an MWE, a minimum working example. For a case like this just a 
> note or two would suffice. If you give an MWE it is a lot easier for 
> people to help out, as they don't have to scan through large amounts of 
> stuff that is irrelevant to the question in hand.

I agree. But it’s (almost) Christmas and I have nothing else to do, so 
here is a small (not really minimal, but this size would be ok IMO to 
show the spacing problem with downwards stems etc.) example which 
contains a possible solution. I aligned the p to the hairpin and put the 
sub. above. For understanding you can delete (or change the values of) 
the \override, \with-dimensions, \text, and \medium commands.

\version "2.19.65"
\include "english.ly"

subP =
#(make-dynamic-script
  #{
    \markup
    % this decreases the vertical space between sub. and p
    \override #'(baseline-skip . 1.5)
    % this changes the behaviour of the following line
    \override #`(direction . ,UP)
    % dir-column is used to align the p to the cresc. and put the sub. 
above
    \dir-column {
       % this is already in \dynamic mode because of make-dynamic-script
      p
      % this makes the sub. take less horizontal space so that the
      % cresc. hairpin is extended left below the sub. to reach the p
      \with-dimensions #'(0 . 0.5) #'(0 . 1.5)
      % \text reverts \dynamic, \medium reverts \bold
      \text \medium "sub."
    }
  #})

\relative {
  <<
    {
      \tuplet 3/2 8 { bf16 d' f a,, cs' fs } r4
    } \\ {
      bf,,8\subP\< a g4\f
    }
  >>
}