Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Attributes

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@fontfam, @fontname, @fontsize, @fontstyle, @fontweight, @letterspacing, @lineheight, @place

@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.

@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.

@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.

@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.

@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.

@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.

@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.

@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.

att.placementRelStaff(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing placement information with respect to the staff.

@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.

att.typography(MEI.shared) Typographical attributes.

@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.

@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.

@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.

@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.

@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.

@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.

@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.

MEI.shared

@fontfam(optional)Contains the name of a font-family.

@fontname(optional)Holds the name of a font.

@fontsize(optional)Indicates the size of a font expressed in printers' points, i.e., 1/72nd of an inch, relative terms, e.g., small, larger, etc., or percentage values relative to normal size, e.g., 125%.

@fontstyle(optional)Records the style of a font, i.e., italic, oblique, or normal.

@fontweight(optional)Used to indicate bold type.

@letterspacing(optional)Indicates letter spacing (aka tracking) in analogy to the CSS letter-spacing property.

@lineheight(optional)Indicates line height in analogy to the CSS line-height property.

@place(optional)Captures the placement of the item with respect to the staff with which it is associated.

Available at

compact
by class
by module

<lg>

att.lyrics.vis

<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.

MEI.shared

<lg>May be used for any section of text that is organized as a group of lines; however, it is most often used for a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g., a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.

Declaration


                                 <classSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="att.lyrics.vis" module="MEI.visual" type="atts">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Visual domain attributes.</desc>
                                    
                                    <classes>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.placementRelStaff"/>
                                       
                                       <memberOf key="att.typography"/>
                                       </classes>
                                    </classSpec>