Hi, Just curious if any of you have a limit on the minimum size of lyrics in a score, or if there's a general rule of thumb I should follow.
I'm preparing a score with lyrics set at 13 point. I'm using a system reduction of 50%, giving me a "real" size of 6.5 point. While I feel it's proportional to the size of the music, it's not very legible to a conductor who's trying to lead the orchestra and chorus. But, I'm curious if it really matters to the conductor. The choral parts will be larger, and I doubt the chorus master would use the full score to rehearse. I could bump up the lyric size to 16 point, giving me a "real" size of 8 point. But since the choral octavo is linked to the score, the lyrics will be too large. I could use a fixed point size, but I'm not happy with how Finale spaces lyrics of a fixed point size. Should I not worry about the conductor's eyes, or is there a solution to the problem? Thanks for your help Ryan _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
