Artificial harmonics - possible to "disconnect" the stem?

[michaelstarobin]

Here are two notations of the same artificial harmonic:

The first is the standard Dorico method using the lower panel to turn a note into an artificial harmonic.

My problem is that the stem connecting both the bottom note and the ‘touch’ note above makes it easily misread it as a double stop of two normals notes.

The second notation is possible with MANY steps - entering the notes in different voices, hiding rests, removing the stem on the top note - possible but way too cumbersome. (This is how I did harmonics in Finale for a few decades.)

Is it possible to NOT have the stem connect the two noteheads? I’m guessing this is not standard notation but it always seemed clearer to me.

[Janus]

IMO no string player would ever misread the standard notation, but might be confused by your second.

[Sitka]

@Janus is correct, at least for this string player. Without the connecting stem, I would be inclined to think the diamond was a typo, intended to be the circle that (in this case) indicates the open A string.

[PjotrB]

In my experience as a string player, the connected stem is the normal notation for artificial harmonics. I can assure you we recognise a diamond notehead. And yes, it is kind of a double stop anyway, but on the same string. We know.