LilyPond Internals Reference: 3.1.71 KievanLigature

### 3.1.71 `KievanLigature`

An auxiliary grob to handle a melisma (ligature) as used in Kievan square notation. See also `MensuralLigature`, `VaticanaLigature`, and `LigatureBracket`.

`KievanLigature` objects are created by: `Kievan_ligature_engraver`.

Standard settings:

`padding` (dimension, in staff space):

  `0.5`

  Add this much extra space between objects that are next to each other.

`springs-and-rods` (boolean):

  `ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods`

  Dummy variable for triggering spacing routines.

`stencil` (stencil):

  `ly:kievan-ligature::print`

  The symbol to print.

This object supports the following interface(s): `font-interface`, `grob-interface`, `kievan-ligature-interface` and `spanner-interface`.

This object is of class Spanner (characterized by `spanner-interface`).

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