>> You are aware of https://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=1154 ?
>
> Oh! I vaguely recall that. Thanks for the reminder.
>
> I believe I applied it to my score, but it didn‘t make a change in
> m7. It might be because of the accidentals…? (See modified snippet
> acting as MWE, below.) Unfortunately modifying the snippet to take
> accidentals into account is WAY above my pay grade.
Well, the lyrics don't make any difference in spacing, see attached
image. This means that LilyPond itself does the wider spacing...
Maybe you can play around with the spacing parameters of accidentals
and note heads to reduce the horizontal space.
Werner
