Please consider this MWE:

%%% SNIPPET BEGINS

\version "2.24.4"

\new Staff <<
  \new Voice = "first"
    \relative c''' { \voiceOne e2 ( d2) }
  \new Voice = "second"
    \relative c''' { \voiceTwo b1 }
>>

%%% SNIPPET ENDS

The ledger line immediately above the whole-note B note head looks strange
to me. It appears to take the width from the E above it, so it is narrower
than the lowest ledger line. If I change e2 to e1 then the ledger lines
look right to my eyes (all the same width).

Is LilyPond’s behaviour — to have ledger lines of different widths at the
same moment (in the same vertical column, within a single staff) — in line
with best engraving practices?

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