Changing staff line width (thickness/weight)
I have a simple question that I haven't been able to figure out...
Musescore seems to have opted for same width of the staff and bar lines.
I would ideally like to change the staff line width while keeping the bar lines similar to the defaults, but if that cannot be done, then changing both to a smaller width is also OK for me at this point.
The problem I have is that, on my printer, the lines appear visually too strong and makes it a bit harder to read the actual score that what I'd like.
So ... how do I change the line width of the 5 staff lines? I can do this in some other programs and print out nicely looking scores according to my taste, but I have some difficulties doing this with Musescore which I would prefer using.
Thanks in advance for any help or input,
-- Per.
Comments
It's not possible to change staff line and barline thickness in MuseScore 2.0. Staff line thickness is already customizable for the next major release.
Do the lines on the screen or in a PDF look good for you ? it might be a bug because the scores I print are very readable.
In reply to It's not possible to change by [DELETED] 5
Thanks for the info/comments.
I tried printing via a PDF file instead of going directly to the printer, and it does indeed change the appearance to something that is more legible! The staff lines look a little thinner now, even if the bar lines remain as before, making it more like I would like to see. The actual size of the score also changes a tiny bit, so indeed there is likely an issue with the printer driver.
I'm on Ubuntu Maverick (10.10) and normally print to an HP1515 laser printer. I'll try out later another printer, when I get a chance to do so.
Still, would be nice to be able to tweak it further, so I'm looking forward to the upcoming release where this can be tailored. Is the printing done via Qt also (didn't check the code yet)?
-- Per.
In reply to PDF file prints better... by baekgaard
Printing to a printer and to a PDF is handled by the same code and via Qt indeed. You can check Score::print() in file.cpp.