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Thank you for your reply, John.



The Dorico solution is certainly logical and has a lot going for it (as long it is at the end of the staff) but up until now I don't think it is the standard way to handle it.


I completely agree that Dorico's default behavior for cases occurring in the middle ...

I may hold a different opinion.

For the example LSL presented in the opening post, I would personally prefer not to add any courtesy clef. If one is considered necessary, I think Dorico's approach of placing it after the repeat sign is more reasonable.

My reasoning is that I prefer to look at this ...

In my view, this is completely fine—I'd even consider it the best solution in this case.
I don't think reversing the noteheads would really help here.

That said, it's worth noting that in some other situations, the lower voice may also end up being positioned to the right of the upper voice's ...

Thank you for your reply and for sharing your thoughts, John.

The point I was trying to make is simply that, when handled carefully, the slurs themselves do not necessarily become a drawback in this situation.

By default, slurs are of course attached on the notehead side. However, even when the ...

Would you give an example? A picture is worth etc.


Sorry for jumping into the conversation, John.

I don't mean to speak on behalf of frames, but when I saw the examples you posted, the first thing that came to mind was essentially the same point he was making.

Although I know you've carefully ...

I'm a variable direction person myself. I see absolutely no reason to have such a rigid and arbitrary rule.
reading the music isn't easier if one single note has its stem in the opposite direction from all the other notes around it. quite the opposite.

I think that in terms of reading, playing ...

I completely agree with frames' remarks.

Thank you for your additional comments, OCTO.

I completely agree with these points. In particular, the practice of converting fonts and graphics to outlines when distributing proprietary "in‑house" fonts aligns perfectly with my own experience and understanding.

As far as I know, the file uploaded to the MuseScore website is an .mscz file, not a PDF. This means the score is rendered from the score data rather than from a fixed page description like a PDF, which is also why features such as playback and piano-roll/waterfall views are possible.

The .mscz ...

In short, this is basically a music font issue. Some fonts can avoid this situation with the default stem length, while others cannot.

Whether to adjust it comes down to personal preference. Visually speaking, neither having the flag cut into the notehead nor excessively extending the stem looks ...