Noticeable gap between two whole notes
For a long time I have noticed that there is a noticeable space between two whole notes when they are on the same note. This is only if the two notes are different voices.
In Finale, it doesn't matter if the two notes are the same voice or different voices, the notes are properly tight together.
If you change the stem direction of one of the notes, the gap closes.
I wonder if the head developers are aware of this? Maybe I should report it. It's quite annoying.
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This is, a bit to my surprise, independant on which musical font is used, so is not a font issue but a plain MuseScore one.
Please report on GitHub, https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/new/choose
OTOH it happens also with other durations, when they have different stem directions (and durations, else they'd just share the notehead):
![Unbenannt.png]( "Unbenannt.png")
![Unbenannt2.png]( "Unbenannt2.png")
Not if they use the same direction (looks lie they share a stem)
So this might be by design and some minimal note distance setting?
In reply to OTOH it happens also woth… by Jojo-Schmitz
Maybe by design, but not necessarily a good design.
This behavior has been around since at least version 2.0. Sometimes I wonder if what was decided on a long time ago would not necessarily be agreed with by the current engraving experts, like Simon Smith.
In reply to Maybe by design, but not… by Riley Sullivan
You can move one against the other, if it bothers you.
In reply to Maybe by design, but not… by Riley Sullivan
That's why you should report it on GitHub
In reply to That's why you should report… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK, I'll report it, but now I'm afraid that they'll just say it's by design, and will close the issue without investigating it further.
According to Behind Bars, pages 52 and 53, Elaine Gould says that notes of different durations should have a small space, like you showed in your examples. But she doesn't mention what should be done for two stemless notes, like whole notes. And in the example she does give of two whole notes, it looks to me like there is no space, though she doesn't explicitly say there should not be.
In reply to OK, I'll report it, but now… by Riley Sullivan
But then at least Simon Smith has seen it