Recommendation for Inspector>Text "Vertical alignment" icons

• Sep 6, 2021 - 18:16

MuseScore shows various vertical alignment properties in Inspector>Text:

                                MuseScore Text Vertical Alignment GUI.png

Oddly, in a context where descenders are a factor the example character is A, which generally has no descender—and I think there is some widespread tradition behind this presentation. MuseScore could pave the way for a clearer presentation.

• A full height capital with a descender would be better choice, like the letter J in some fonts (rather than the letter "A").

• Also, the resulting vertical alignment is more clearly illustrated when the reference line remains constant and the icons display the chars relative to the reference line, like this:

MuseScore Text Vertical Alignment GUI proposal.png

And this does scale down reasonably well:

                         MuseScore Text Vertical Alignment GUI proposal-Small.png

                         MuseScore Text Vertical Alignment GUI proposal-Small-Shorter.png

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