On 18 Mar 2004 at 20:57, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 18.03.2004 19:13 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > >> Don't use spacing libraries in 2k3, use the spacing values. They > >> work better, more reliably, and are easier to adjust. > > > > Sorry, but I have no idea what this means. > > > > What spacing values? Where? How do I get the right ones for Maestro > > Wide into a file that was previously for a different font? > > > > If this is a manual entry process, I'd prefer a library! > > Well, you have to enter three numbers manually. Here is where you find > it: Document Options -> Music Spacing. There is a button at the bottom > left "Spacing Widths...". Click that. Now you have two options, the > first being the traditional method using a library of fixed values. In > my opinion the new option of using values is more accurate yet more > flexible. Mine are set to 1024 EDUs(which is a quarter note for the > reference note value) 84 EVPUs(this is the space which the above > value, ie a quarter note takes) 1.4 for the Scaling Factor (this > determines how all the other notevalues are calculated).
Hmm. The values I see when I check my current file are: 1024 0.29167 1.6179 Having 84 for the second value is very problematic, and obviously doesn't work. I can't figure out what value I should have in the REFERENCE WIDTH field (the middle of the three). The Help file and online documentation show that the value should be a whole number like your 84 (the example uses 72), but when I load a spacing library, I don't see values like that at all for individual values. I'm just going to keep these defaults that I listed above. This is just too much trouble. > I use this for Maestro. For Maestro Wide you may want to increase the > Reference width a little, although I am not even sure this is > necessary. These values will give you a spacing which is similar to a > lot of Henle's. If you want wider spacing you will want to increase > the Reference width. If you want your spacing more proportional you > want to increase the Scaling factor (2 would give you 100% > proportionality (ie a half note will take twice the space of a quarter > note, I think 1 would make everything the same width). If you are > doing Rennaissance music with very large note values you may want to > use another Reference Duration. > > I hope this helps. I am afraid I am about to leave for several weeks > probably with no email, so if anything remains unclear I hope others > can jump in. I don't get what any of this means, as what I see in the user interface does not at all line up with what you describe or what the documentation says should be there. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
