Re: First measure too far to right

[Simon Albrecht]

On 03.03.2016 21:18, Eric Albert wrote:
> I'd also love to know how to:
>
> - have a B minor 7 flat 5 display as "Bm7b5" (rather than the default 
> half-diminished symbol, an 'O' with a slash through it)

Customizing chord names is explained in the first of the ‘Selected 
snippets’ on 
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-chords#customizing-chord-names>. 
Adapted to your case, this would be something like the following:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.18.2"
% modify half-diminished
% Exception music is chords with markups
chExceptionMusic = {
  <c es ges bes>1-\markup { \super { 7 \hspace #0.2 \concat { \tiny 
\raise #0.4 \flat 5 } } }
}

% Convert music to list and prepend to existing exceptions.
chExceptions = #(append
                 (sequential-music-to-chord-exceptions chExceptionMusic #t)
                 ignatzekExceptions)

theMusic = \chordmode {
  bes,1:3-.5-.7
  \set chordNameExceptions = #chExceptions
  bes,1:3-.5-.7
}

<<
  \new ChordNames \theMusic
  \new Voice \theMusic
>>
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

> - substitute more warm and friendly fonts for both the chord names and the 
> lyrics

Well, I have no idea what fonts you find ‘warm and friendly’ :-) but you 
can use something like the following:

\paper {
  fonts = #(make-pango-font-tree
            "EB Garamond"
            "Alegreya Sans"
            "Ubuntu Mono"
            (/ (* staff-height pt) 2.5))
}

I use to do this by a very handy Frescobaldi snippet – in case you use 
Frescobaldi. (If not, you might want to check it out – 
<http://frescobaldi.org>).
The three fonts are the defaults for Roman, Sans, and Typewriter, 
respectively. Thus, the Roman font will be used for lyrics and the Sans 
for chord names – by default. You can override LyricText or ChordName, 
however.

HTH, Simon