I just noticed these tiny numbers for the condensed staff labels. How do I get rid of them? Thanks so much for you help!
PS Sorry the numbers are small, but I zoomed in as much as I could in Dorico to take a screenshot.
As with so many unusual occurrences, this sort of thing is so much easier to diagnose if there is a file to examine. Make a copy of the file, delete everything (notes, text, project information, etc.) that is not relevant to the problem and/or that you don’t want others to see. As long as this cutdown file still displays the tiny numbers, upload it here. There are many users here who like the challenge of investigating the cause of a problem. Like normal detective and forensic work, the task is easier and quicker if there is actual evidence to examine. A screenshot is useful only up to a point.
I’m not deleting anything in my project.
Make a copy of the project and delete things in the copy.
In all honesty, I’m not deleting the notes. It wouldn’t help showing the issue when you open the file.
PSPP.dorico (3.0 MB)
The same also happens for 1st & 2nd Trombone.
In Engraving Options > Condensing > Separator between player numbers: change the selection from Full stop (period) to one of the other choices (and Apply, of course) and you will see that this change will happen in those tiny numbers. I don’t know why those numbers are so small - probably the relevant font has been set to a very small value (somewhere in Library).
The problem appears to be connected with your custom condensing groups.
When condensing is off, the trumpets and trombones display like this:
You will probably need to experiment with your custom condensing groups. As advised earlier, make a copy of the file (either duplicate at the desktop level or use Save As) and do all your experimenting on the copy. This will leave the original untouched. Once a reliable solution is found (either by yourself or by other users), try it out on the copy to make sure that nothing else is affected. When you are satisfied that it works, make the changes in the original.
I’m sorry that I can’t help any further.
Others will have better answers than I can give.
Hopefully the information I have presented will give them clues as to where to look and what actions will be needed to fix the situation.
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Edit:
In Library > Paragraph Styles > Staff Labels (inner) the font size has been set to 0.0pt. Increasing that value will make those tiny numbers larger - this will be a visual help for anybody investigating the matter.
If you scroll down to the bottom of the Paragraph Styles window, you can change the Foreground color to white. This is not a proper fix, but it will at least make them disappear from view, even though they are still there.
I’m not sure if there’s some way to suppress those numbers entirely, but if you set the foreground color of the paragraph style @Janus identified to white, the numbers won’t be visible.
That did it!