I’m writing a piano piece that makes use of the “loco” octave line in some places, but elsewhere I need to create a cautionary “loco” without any line or hook.
It seems it isn’t possible to just hide the line entirely, and I’m having trouble matching it as a regular text style. Can anyone point me to an exact typeface and font combination to match the appearance of the line?
On the left I have Academico Italic, 9.0pt. On the right is the octave line which appears a little bolder and rounder.
Hi @BenLP, possibly there are other ways, but you could create the loco as a new Playing Technique, using a glyph form the Octave supplements range. Put first a text with 4 empty spaces (to make the PT appear left aligned), and then the loco glyph. Adjust the Attachments as in the picture below. Here a visual guide:
Dorico file example:
loco as PT.dorico (1.3 MB)
Here an alternative Attachment setting, if you want the PT vertically lower (I don’t know if this is a crazy idea…, I am not an expert of positioning of PTs…):
Wonderful, thank you! I had no idea about using glyphs like that.
You are welcome, @BenLP.
@BenLP
Another (maybe not recommendable) method, using the normal loco, would be to set the Hook length to 0 in the Properties Panel, and in Engraving options > Octave Lines > Appearance > Advanced Options > Minimum length for octave line set the value to -2/25, or the equivalent -0,08): a very tiny dot remains (if this doesn’t bother you).
This would require to manually adjust the End X offset for other short Octave lines, thought:
The technique glyph worked best for me.
A good feature request would be able to hide the line entirely, though. In general “loco” appears more often as a cautionary with no line in the published music I know.
