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Separate Style Option "Lyrics > Min gab between syllables/words"
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Description
Your idea
Separate the Option to add the possibility to increase the gap between words without increasing the gap between syllables.
This increases readability of Lyrics by a lot, if they are the defining with factor.
- Currently the option "Style > Lyrics > Min gab between syllables/words" is used for words and syllables.
- Separate those into two options. One controlling the gap between words
- the other controlling the gap, if a hyphen is used.
Problem to be solved
- For readability you want the spacing between words to be big enough to different them easily.
- Currently the minimum gap between words is so small the text is unreadable, if the text is the defining width factor. (Easily to see in the Continues view Horizontal)
- But if you increase the gap currently all syllable spacing is increased as well. This is bloated and reduces readability, because the words can't be read as a whole. This happens a lot for German songs, because the words are often longer.
- Currently the minimum gap between words is so small the text is unreadable, if the text is the defining width factor. (Easily to see in the Continues view Horizontal)
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Research direction
Start by locating the existing Style > Lyrics > Min gap between syllables/words option and tracing where it controls lyric layout. Separate the word and hyphenated-syllable spacing controls, then verify the Continues view Horizontal examples show readable word spacing without bloated syllable spacing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- design, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100