Astro integration / how to maintain reasonable staff-staff spacing when `crop` is enabled

"Ky Decker" <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:26:15 -0400

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Hi!

I'm building an integration for Astro which allows compiling and displaying LilyPond scores:

https://lilypond.ky.fyi

Currently I'm setting `crop` on all scores by default in order to help with responsive web design and prevent unnecessary whitespace on webpages.

However, the `crop` default causes spacing between staff groups to be overly tight, see examples:

https://lilypond.ky.fyi/examples/

Is there any way to reserve a reasonable amount of space between staves when enabling `crop`?

Ky Decker
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