Instead of the common E-A-D-G violin tuning, I would like to show, with notes before the clef, that the instrument should be tuned in a cross-tuning E-A-E-A. Can that be done?
One way, you could use the Ambitus font (a separate purchase).
A thread here
There are others if you search at this forum.
Out of interest, how do you like the violin to be tuned?
e" a’ e’ a - the two lower strings tuned up a step
or
e" a’ e" a’ - the two lower strings replaced with high strings?
As comparison, in the following scordatura the second and third strings are crossed below the bridge and above the top of the neck thereby switching their standard placement on the fingerboard.
That is Biber’s Rosary Sonata XI uses this incipit:
That is d" d’ g’ g
If you are aiming for a solution like in the first picture: yes these kind of incipits are now possible in Dorico (since version 5, if I recall correctly).