Someone (I believe it was Andrew) was asking for fixed line widths as a way of achieving more consistency between staves of different sizes on the same page. I recently discovered that Finale is already partway there.
I've often wondered why Finale added the "Staff Height" option to system scaling. I recently discovered the answer. If you use a staff height (which may be fractional EVPU) and leave the percentage at 100, then the lines retain their 100% width. (This applies to staff lines. I haven't yet tried stem lines or hairpins.) What this provides is A) Another reason to use system scaling instead of page scaling. B) The ability to produce (e.g., orchestral) scores with varying system scaling that nevertheless have the same line widths, as if drawn from the same pen. I think to go the rest of the way, what we should be asking for is a staff height option on individual staff scaling. This would achieve the other half of this requirement (like pno chamber music): the ability to have consistent lines within systems that have varying staff sizes. -- Robert Patterson http://www.robertgpatterson.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
