> Werner wrote indicating that he thought it looked well and was
> helpful in large scores. As I recalled reading that LilyPond wasn't
> trying to default to contemporary practice but to "golden age hand
> engraving" practice, I did spend some time reading through the
> philosophy section of the LilyPond website and then trying to dig
> out some "golden age of hand engraving" examples - I got the
> attached one from a 1930's edition, and it seemed to me that there
> was indeed a slight bit of extra space after the key signature
> change but not(*) as much as in the LilyPond example I posted.
> [...]
Look at the following example to see why quite a large distance makes
sense.
```
{
b'4 b' b' b' | \key f \major
bes'4 bes' bes' bes' |
bes'4 bes' bes' bes' |
}
{
\override Staff.KeySignature.space-alist.next-note =
#'(semi-fixed-space . 0.9)
b'4 b' b' b' | \key f \major
bes'4 bes' bes' bes' |
bes'4 bes' bes' bes' |
}
```
Werner
