General Layout observations

• Jan 30, 2023 - 01:03

On the attached screenshot it is quite apparent that the system sizes on pages 2-4 differ. Is there a way to standardise these sizes?

On page 1, bar 6 etc. the treble and bass note stems are intertwined like teeth in a gear box, it looks really crammed.

The spacing of Lyrics looks cramped in places, particularly where quarter notes are preceded by crotchets. In the first line 'Morn-ing Star', I manually changed 'ing' to right-aligned, however it turned out after the change of page settings (see below) it was easiest to go through each remaining 'too close' instant with manual tweaking one by one (beware of the mouse though, it's way too easy to change the Y-offset unintentionally).

I had only minimally changed things from the default positioning other than: Splitting end of phrase bar's and applying system breaks there.
I gave up on the verse numbers after V1. I had used Text | Expression for the verse numbers but as the lyrics jumped up and down during entry it was obvious the expressions did not follow. What approach should I have followed (also then for bars 11 for V2 etc.)?

I have now changed the page settings: Stave space (sp): 1.550mm and all the margins to 10.00mm. Things have improved considerably, the systems on pages 2 - 4 are pretty much comparable sizes now.


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