Urs Liska wrote Friday, December 04, 2015 10:23 AM
> As discussed recently (starting here: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2015-11/msg00054.html) > LilyPond's optical spacing can have side-effects. If you consider the > first attachment you can see that the quavers of the left hand are > spaced irregularly because LilyPond moves the fourth note of each > semiquaver group slightly to the left. > > As we have discussed optical spacing can be prevented with > \override SpacingSpanner.uniform-stretching = ##t > as you can see in the second attachment. > > If I do this I sometimes have the situation that I need more space > between the fourth and the fifth note, as you can see from the third > attachment. > > It is possible to give the fourth note some extra space through > NoteHead.extra-spacing-width, but this spoils the regular spacing of the > quavers again (fourth attachment). > > What I would like to achieve is moving just the fourth note a little bit > to the left, as if just this note were optically spaced. > > However, no combination of NoteHead.extra-spacing-width or > NoteSpacing.same-direction-correction, applied to the fourth or third > note, seems to have any effect. > > How could I achieve what I need? Isn't the problem caused by the arpeggio? In which case using something like [ \once ] \override Arpeggio.minimum-X-extent =#'(-1 . 0) might achieve what you are seeking, perhaps after fine-tuning the -1. Trevor _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user