Back when I was using Finale 98 and just beginning to use Sibelius I noticed that the Sibelius parts were more legible to my older eyes than the finale ones. The Finale looked great but the staff lines were so fine that I was having trouble distinguishing staff lines from ledger lines. I did not have the problem with Sibelius so I changed Finale's defaults to match Sibelius. Problem solved. The next version of Finale I bought (2001) was the first one to respond to Sibelius and the first thing I noticed was that the default staff lines were thicker.
Just my experience for what it's worth. Richard Smith On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 15:42:06 +0100, Jari Williamsson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2011-02-02 14:45, dc wrote: > >> Interesting sample. The stems seem to be thinner than the staff lines. > > And staff line seems to be identical to barline width? > > As I understand it, there are at least 2 "schools" regarding barlines: > One with thicker barlines than staff lines, and one with same width. For > parts (but not for scores) I often use thicker barlines than staff lines. > > > Best regards, > > Jari Williamsson > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
