I absolutely agree with that proportion. Barlines twice as thick as stafflines. It makes the notes pop out of the page more as well. (And makes it look not so "Finaleish", if you know what I mean).
-Scot Hanna-Weir On 5/10/06 2:57 AM, "Johannes Gebauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10.05.2006 D. Keneth Fowler wrote: >> I am looking at a flute part where many measures are filled to capacity with >> 16th or 32d notes. This creates for me a concern in picking up barlines >> easily when the last note of one measure is stem down and the first note of >> the next measure is stem up. Is one answer to make the barlines a bit thicker >> than the staff lines? Can this make any difference in readability? Or is this >> totally a non-issue for professional musicians who are given parts that are >> in all manner of spacing? I realize that one can just increase the note >> spacing. I would like the page breaks to remain as they are. > > My barlines and ledger lines are twice the thickness of staff lines and > stems. It makes everything much more readable in my opinion, and it is > consistent with the larger European publishers. > > I use 2.25 EVPUs and 4.5 EVPUs. > > I never understood why MakeMusic doesn't provide similar values in the > default files. > > Johannes > -- Scot Hanna-Weir Music Engraver A-R Editions, Inc. Middleton, WI -- www.areditions.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
