Thanks! With that (and lots of fiddling with numbers) I have been able to get spacing nearly as tight as the composer's... It took quite a while, as the interaction between the settings was hard to figure out, and because the Clef.X-extent in particular appears to change in steps rather than than smoothly (changes in the second decimal place have no effect, it seems).
My basic problem, I think, is that I haven't yet fully understood what of the many, many size and alignment options apply generally to all grobs, and also how they interact. Anyway, I now have my solution, thanks. See images to compare before and after. Paul From: Kieren MacMillan <[email protected]> To: Paul Hodges <[email protected]> Cc: Lilypond-User Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: 09/06/2022 10:38 Subject: Re: Reducing spacing round clef between notes Hi Paul, > Any hints? Maybe something like this? %%% SNIPPET BEGINS \version "2.23.4" ignoreClef = { \once \override Score.Clef.font-size = #-0.5 \once \override Score.Clef.X-extent = #'(0 . -0.5) \once \override Stem.extra-spacing-width = #'(-2.25 . 0) \once \override Score.Clef.extra-offset = #'(-1.125 . 0) } \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \clef bass c16 g \ignoreClef \clef treble c' g' } \new Staff { \clef bass c16 g c g } >> %%% SNIPPET ENDS Hope that helps! Kieren.
