# 1.2 Chord Symbols: Weird kerning issues

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/1-2-chord-symbols-weird-kerning-issues/104367>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [February 5, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/1-2-chord-symbols-weird-kerning-issues/104367 "2018-02-05T14:02:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tonywardarts](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/tonywardarts/32/1603_2.png) [@tonywardarts](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/tonywardarts)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/1-2-chord-symbols-weird-kerning-issues/104367/1 "2018-02-05T14:02:00Z")

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Since 1.2, kerning in chord symbols have been askew: accidentals tend to crowd preceding note names, and slashes are weirdly placed. I’ve had to do a lot of manual adjusting of late… is this a known issue?  
 ![Screen Shot 2018-02-05 at 9.00.52 AM.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/9/1/91c57f176ea05f72536b5cc16fa0a41e31fb9402.png)

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**Author:** ![Binkeys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Binkeys](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Binkeys)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/1-2-chord-symbols-weird-kerning-issues/104367/2 "2018-02-05T15:12:36Z")

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I’ve seen mention of this here before. It’s annoying. I hope that it will be fixed in the forthcoming update.

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**Author:** ![snakeeyes021](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/snakeeyes021/32/2061_2.png) [@snakeeyes021](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/snakeeyes021)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/1-2-chord-symbols-weird-kerning-issues/104367/3 "2018-02-05T15:21:30Z")

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Last I remember reading, the team does know about it (at least the kerning on the slashes, but I can only imagine they know about accidentals and everything else too). Presumably, it’s one of the issues that’s slated to be fixed in the forthcoming maintenance update, which should be here any day now.

In the meantime, they recommended that you DON’T make manual adjustments, if you can help it, because the fix should put everything back right.

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**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/1-2-chord-symbols-weird-kerning-issues/104367/4 "2018-02-05T16:07:44Z")

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Yes, exactly right. This will be fixed in the forthcoming update, and you should resist the temptation to try to fix them manually in the meantime. I’m sorry for the inconvenience!

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**Author:** ![kjonsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@kjonsson](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/kjonsson)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/1-2-chord-symbols-weird-kerning-issues/104367/5 "2018-02-05T23:06:59Z")

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Ah, good news! Looking forward!