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Rule
Gradus GE-152 · cite this code — it is permanent. Rule id spacing-ornament-glyph-width
An ornament glyph sits above the staff and can be visually wider than the notehead it decorates — if the note's own spacing doesn't leave room, the ornament collides with the ornament (or accidental, or slur) on the adjacent note. A sustained trill additionally draws a wavy extension line for its full duration, a horizontal-space commitment the note's own duration-based space may not otherwise provide.
`n.ornament` (lines 1025-1033) maps to a single VexFlow `Ornament` glyph ('tr', 'turn', 'mordent') with NO wavy trill-extension-line support at all (Gradus's ornament model is a single point-glyph, not a duration-spanning one), and — as with grace notes — the pre-render width estimate has no ornament term whatsoever.
Gould, Behind Bars, ornaments chapter (trill-extension-line spacing); Ross, The Art of Music Engraving (ornament clearance rules); SMuFL/Bravura glyph metrics measured directly.
This rule can be decided from pitches, durations and voices — no layout required. A validator can check it before anything is drawn.
Gradus GE-152 — Ornament glyphs (trill, turn, mordent) need horizontal room above the note distinct from the notehead's own footprint. Gradus Engraving Rulebook v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/engraving/rule/spacing-ornament-glyph-width
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