Brackets don't include accidental if scaled down

Dorico
#1

The kind of bracket I use for an ossia on the same stem stops enclosing the accidental when the notehead is scaled down, as this clip shows:


This happens at 70% in Bravura and at 85% in MTF-Cadence, so, if I’m using the latter I can’t set the scale at cue size, but in actual fact 85% doesn’t look too bad. But am I correct in thinking that the recourse for scaling below the thresholds is to use text brackets?

#2

Are you definitely running Dorico 3.5.12, the most recent minor update? Check the version in Help > About Dorico (in the Dorico menu on macOS). If you’re not running the most recent version, you can get it here.

#3

Whoops, Daniel, I’m not. I’m on 3.1.11.23. Sorry about that - I shall update immediately.

Thanks.

#4

Ah, well, Dorico 3.5 is a paid update, I’m sorry to say. This is the product you need from our online shop.

#5

Whoops again. Sorry, I was reading the wrong line - the one about the audio engine. My version is 3.5.12.1066 (Feb 15 2021). That seems to be the most recent update, yes?

#6

Ah yes, that is indeed the most recent update. Then in that case I would expect the parentheses to draw at any scale factor, but perhaps the issue is as you say that once the scaling goes below a particular size, it ends up using characters that are simply not included in the font you’re using. You could go to Engrave > Music Symbols and replace those symbols with ones from Bravura if you can find them (off the top of my head I’m not sure what category they would be in).

#7

Thanks. Just a note, though, that the same occurs with the Bravura font (at 70% scaling). But no matter - as I mentioned, 85% works perfectly well.