Hi! Does anyone have any idea how to make proper note spacing in the layout options? I have already tried many combinations, but no luck till now. The staff size has to be at least 7mm, and the margins are set to 12mm on all sides. I would appreciate any opinion! Thanks! [Bildschirmfoto 2026-06-11…

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1.70 is quite a large ratio. This means that small notes will get proportionally less space (and large notes will get proportionately more space) than compared to a lower ratio. But you’ve set the minimum spacing to 2 + 3/8ths, and you can see that it applied to all notes smaller than a quarter! Th…

thanks Ben, I will give it a try!

Ben already covered most of it, but you can also make ledger lines protrude less from the noteheads (using the Properties panel) or make the distance between accidentals and noteheads a little smaller to buy more space. I actually set the “Minimum space for short notes” value to 0; the very last se…

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jesele June 11, 2026, 10:17am 2

See this recent thread.

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