As per the title, I’m getting this:
Is there a way to get 8 bars together with the comma at the end and then the 9 bars which will eventually get a cue at the end?
Any super-clever workaround?!

As per the title, I’m getting this:
Enter the selected breath mark as staff text at the start of the following bar and move it down and to the left in engrave mode:
Great!
I would add “resize the music text to the same point size defined for the Default Music Text Font” since it appears very small at start.
Thank you so much!
A bit off-topic, but… Why would one need a breath mark when they are not playing?
It’s a vocal staff and everyone in the score has it.