On Fri, 3 Jul 2026, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > Yes. LilyPond uses, as you've correctly observed, quite a large > default value for this distance, and you have to adjust it to your > needs. >
Thanks, Werner. You might look up the definition of the `VaticanaStaff` context > (around line 1375 in file `engraver-init.ly`) to get some more ideas. > Ah, good idea; thank you! At https://github.com/lilypond/lilypond/blob/master/ly/engraver-init.ly lines 1423 and 1424 I see: \override Clef.space-alist.first-note = #'(minimum-fixed-space . 1.4) \override LeftEdge.space-alist.clef = #'(extra-space . 0) These two lines achieve a good look in my (non-VaticanaStaff) score.
