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Yes, I was amazed but the accuracy of the staff lines.

Much.

Same.

Fascinating. Thank you. That first page is very beautiful.

This "practical" suggestion sounds quite impractical to me for two reasons: 1. It could lead to a lot of second guessing on the player's part: Why is this p here? It's been p. Did I miss a previous dynamic change? So the extra dynamics would probably need to be placed in parentheses to sho...

Elaine Gould in her book Behind Bars calls these "metric equations" or "tempo equations" where there is an actual tempo change involved.

The staff lines, bar lines (particularly) and even the slurs still look thin to me compared to what I am getting in Dorico using the Bravura music font. So as jrethorst said, it probably has some thing to do with the font you are using. And I also find the outsized time signatures calling attention ...

For reference: Here are the slurs shown in a Finale Default File. Note the famous wispy ends of the slurs which must be changed. However, the general shape is good: Finale Default .png Here in Finale with my personal settings: Finale Personal Settings.png Here with the necessary hand adjustment: Fin...

I also agree that changing general slur settings to meet a specific situation is a no-win in both Finale and Dorico. However, it is possible to modify the Dorico default settings and the Finale default settings to handle most situations well and thus minimize hand adjustment. Now, if only those or s...