crooked time signatures
So, for some reason, I always get weird bugs when I have larger scores. This time, it's a crooked time signature, but it's only in mixed meters such as 12/8. Regular ones like 4/4 are not affected. I did open up a different score (a smaller one) to see if it was a new weird bug, but nothing was wrong with the time signatures then, so I tried doing the same thing on a different larger score (since I've been having issues with larger scores in the past), and this time the time signatures were crooked. I'm putting a picture along with this post as examples. I just took a screen cap and pasted them onto paint. The screen caps with the black frame have the crooked time signature issue (on a larger score), and the screen caps with the red frames don't have the issue (on a smaller score). Also, I did try restarting musescore to see if that fixed the issue, and it didn't.
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As is usually the case, the score itself (not just a picture) would be needed to investigate further. Also say what OS, what version of MuseScore.
In addition, it would be best to try loading your score into a nightly build of 2.0 to see if the issue has perhaps already been fixed, although if that is not convenient, posting the score here will at least allow others to do that for you.
I have musescore 1.3. Sorry, I usually forget to leave out the important details...
Seems to display fine in the latest 2.0.
does it? it doesn't display fine in 1.3 though
on Vista
No, it looks bad in 1.3.
so, pretty much, I just need to use 2.0? is that available for download yet? I didn't see it on the homepage, that's why I was asking.
I confirm, under Mint16
1.3 displays crooked
2.0 displays fine
It's the page scaling factor (.764) not playing nice with the 12/8 time sig because the 12 is wider than the 8. Try adjusting the scaling slowly up to 1.5 and watch the 12/8 come back into alignment. If you scale it up past 2, you will see the 8 shift the other way.
This is only a visual bug. If you can, live with it until 2.0 comes out. The recommendation is to not use 2.0 for serious work unless you can accept the consequences of using alpha/beta software.
Okay, I see what you mean with the scaling. But I'm just going to have to deal with it until 2.0 comes out because I need all of my instruments to fit on the page. But thanks for the help!
Since it's fine in 2.0, I close this. :)
Are you actually printing your scores with a Space setting of 0.764? I can't imagine that being readable. Perhaps you don't print your scores? In which case, then instead of downsizing the Space so much, you'd be better off upsizing the paper. This is, after all, how actual orchestra scores are normally printed.
No, i dont print my scores since i dont really have a need to. And yeah, ive been told it helps to upsize the paper.
Regardless, this is a rendering bug in 1.3, and shows at scaling other than the default, which has been solved in 2.0.