diff --git a/include/vrv/devicecontextbase.h b/include/vrv/devicecontextbase.h
index 3db45409c47..faa51c6d05d 100644
--- a/include/vrv/devicecontextbase.h
+++ b/include/vrv/devicecontextbase.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class FontInfo {
     FontInfo()
     {
         m_pointSize = 0;
+        m_letterSpacing = 0.0;
         m_family = 0; // was wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT;
         m_style = FONTSTYLE_NONE;
         m_weight = FONTWEIGHT_NONE;
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ class FontInfo {
 
     // accessors and modifiers for the font elements
     int GetPointSize() const { return m_pointSize; }
+    int GetLetterSpacing() const { return m_letterSpacing; }
     data_FONTSTYLE GetStyle() const { return m_style; }
     data_FONTWEIGHT GetWeight() const { return m_weight; }
     bool GetUnderlined() const { return m_underlined; }
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ class FontInfo {
     SmuflTextFont GetSmuflFont() const { return m_smuflFont; }
 
     void SetPointSize(int pointSize) { m_pointSize = pointSize; }
+    void SetLetterSpacing(double letterSpacing) { m_letterSpacing = letterSpacing; }
     void SetStyle(data_FONTSTYLE style) { m_style = style; }
     void SetWeight(data_FONTWEIGHT weight) { m_weight = weight; }
     void SetUnderlined(bool underlined) { m_underlined = underlined; }
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ class FontInfo {
 
 private:
     int m_pointSize;
+    int m_letterSpacing;
     int m_family;
     data_FONTSTYLE m_style;
     data_FONTWEIGHT m_weight;
diff --git a/src/devicecontext.cpp b/src/devicecontext.cpp
index c601d8d6e05..09a868e56ab 100644
--- a/src/devicecontext.cpp
+++ b/src/devicecontext.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@ void DeviceContext::AddGlyphToTextExtend(const Glyph *glyph, TextExtend *extend)
     tmp = advX * m_fontStack.top()->GetPointSize();
     advX = ceil(tmp / (double)glyph->GetUnitsPerEm());
 
+    const int letterSpacing = m_fontStack.top()->GetLetterSpacing();
+    // This is not the first letter, add a letter spacing
+    if ((letterSpacing != 0) && (extend->m_width > 0)) {
+        extend->m_width += letterSpacing;
+    }
+
     // Changed because the width should only be the sum of advX
     // Alternatively we could add what is below 0 for the first and what is beyond the advx for the last
     // extend->m_width += std::max(partialWidth + x, advX);
diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index fa70509cb30..08aa84dad59 100644
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ Options::Options()
     this->Register(&m_lyricTopMinMargin, "lyricTopMinMargin", &m_generalLayout);
 
     m_lyricWordSpace.SetInfo("Lyric word space", "The lyric word space length");
-    m_lyricWordSpace.Init(1.20, 0.50, 10.00);
+    m_lyricWordSpace.Init(1.20, 0.00, 10.00);
     this->Register(&m_lyricWordSpace, "lyricWordSpace", &m_generalLayout);
 
     m_lyricVerseCollapse.SetInfo("Lyric verse collapse", "Collapse empty verse lines in lyrics");
diff --git a/src/svgdevicecontext.cpp b/src/svgdevicecontext.cpp
index 5071cec78f9..4451b067d8c 100644
--- a/src/svgdevicecontext.cpp
+++ b/src/svgdevicecontext.cpp
@@ -969,6 +969,10 @@ void SvgDeviceContext::DrawText(
     if (m_fontStack.top()->GetPointSize() != 0) {
         textChild.append_attribute("font-size") = StringFormat("%dpx", m_fontStack.top()->GetPointSize()).c_str();
     }
+    if (m_fontStack.top()->GetLetterSpacing() != 0.0) {
+        textChild.append_attribute("letter-spacing")
+            = StringFormat("%dpx", m_fontStack.top()->GetLetterSpacing()).c_str();
+    }
     textChild.text().set(svgText.c_str());
 
     if ((x != 0) && (y != 0) && (x != VRV_UNSET) && (y != VRV_UNSET) && (width != 0) && (height != 0)
diff --git a/src/view_element.cpp b/src/view_element.cpp
index 8edc887561b..c970d76b031 100644
--- a/src/view_element.cpp
+++ b/src/view_element.cpp
@@ -1762,6 +1762,9 @@ void View::DrawSyl(DeviceContext *dc, LayerElement *element, Layer *layer, Staff
     if (syl->GetStart() && syl->GetStart()->GetDrawingCueSize()) {
         currentFont.SetPointSize(m_doc->GetCueSize(currentFont.GetPointSize()));
     }
+    if (syl->HasLetterspacing()) {
+        currentFont.SetLetterSpacing(syl->GetLetterspacing() * m_doc->GetDrawingUnit(staff->m_drawingStaffSize));
+    }
     dc->SetFont(&currentFont);
 
     TextDrawingParams params;
diff --git a/src/view_text.cpp b/src/view_text.cpp
index 7466cf5694b..2d2839dd935 100644
--- a/src/view_text.cpp
+++ b/src/view_text.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ void View::DrawDynamString(DeviceContext *dc, const std::u32string &str, TextDra
                 bool isFallbackNeeded = (m_doc->GetResources()).IsSmuflFallbackNeeded(smuflStr);
                 vrvTxt.SetSmuflWithFallback(isFallbackNeeded);
                 vrvTxt.SetStyle(FONTSTYLE_normal);
+                vrvTxt.SetLetterSpacing(90);
                 dc->SetFont(&vrvTxt);
                 this->DrawTextString(dc, smuflStr, params);
                 dc->ResetFont();
@@ -419,6 +420,10 @@ void View::DrawRend(DeviceContext *dc, Rend *rend, TextDrawingParams &params)
         rendFont.SetWeight(rend->GetFontweight());
         customFont = true;
     }
+    if (rend->HasLetterspacing()) {
+        rendFont.SetLetterSpacing(rend->GetLetterspacing() * m_doc->GetDrawingUnit(100));
+        customFont = true;
+    }
 
     if (customFont) dc->SetFont(&rendFont);