What do I need to do to correct this?
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Try Properties > Common > Custom scale.
Thanks very much. It worked. But does anyone know why was it so small in the first place?
The default size can be altered in Library > Paragraph Styles > Repeat Marker Sections, but doing so will also affect any/all other characters/symbols included in that category.
Another way of doing it is in Engraving Options > Repeat Markers > Design > Coda and segno appearance > Scale factor for segno symbols. This looks like it changes the Segno symbol wherever it occurs (eg if the segno symbol is used instead of the S in D.S. al Coda). If you only want to change it in one location (eg only where the D.S. goes back to), using Custom scale might be your only option.
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This is good stuff to know. Thanks. There is so much to this, I think I’ll never hit bottom or even close.
I’d always suggest modifying the Options as your first port of call. Dorico is designed to work from “the general to the particular”.
Set up as much as you can, as you want it most of the time; and then make changes to properties for particular circumstances when you want something different.
If you go to the Properties every time, then not only will do more work, but you’ll have countless overrides in your score.
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I am not seeing the segno sign at all, although it is affecting playback correctly as per my entering it. I have followed the instructions above to largen the scale, but the segno remains invisible, unlike the other repeat instruction text (to Coda etc), so I can’t even mark it and boost it per the custom scale. Grateful for any ideas.
I’m on the latest Dorico Pro.
Welcome to the forum!
Unfortunately, without more information I can’t guess what may be happening with your segno. Can you detail the exact steps you took? For example, select a note, add the segno from the right panel, etc.
If the symbol isn’t appearing at all, that could be an issue with the font (where the glyphs are stored) or perhaps you’ve overridden the symbol in the Library > Music Symbols dialog?
What music font are you using?
If you’re not sure, please share the project file (or a cut-down version that just contains enough bars to demonstrate the issue, if you’d rather not share the whole thing)
Lily, Mark, thanks. The Music Font choice did, albeit in a strange way: I rotated throught the options starting from my initial Petaluma, and only when I hit Leland quite far down the list did the segno symbol appear. Switched back to Petaluma and it’s still there, phew.