I have a suggestion, that I cannot seem to find anywhere in Dorico, so if I am missing something, please tell me.
I would like to request a “Force Vertical Spacing” element for stave spacing. I am trying to work on worksheets, where each individual exercise will one day be exported into a graphic format and added into a text document. I currently have a score that has a 2 parts paired sort of like the grand staff (acting as one part - such as a piano staff).
In my current project each “exercise” is its own flow (I have about 60+ flows), I have allowed “Flows on existing pages”.
On some pages of my document, the space between the 2 staves is larger than on other pages. Which I understand is due to the casting off. Since the project will not be used as a complete document, rather I will export as a PNG (or other graphic type) and crop out specific exercises, I would like to have a “Force Vertical Spacing” option where the space between the 2 staves will be rigid through out and not move with music. This will in doubt leave pages that aren’t justified completely top to bottom, but as I said, I will be exporting as graphics and don’t need the page to look a specific way, just the exercises.
If this is possible, please let me know. If not, can this be added as a feature request.
Well, if I understand your situation, I’d say you have three possibilities:
— You can copy the staff spacing between pages;
— You can disable all engraving rules that would modify the ideal spacing between staves;
— If you’re working with Flows, perhaps you should have a custom page size, set to the desired dimensions of the image output, so as to ensure consistency.
You are absolutely right. Copy staff spacing only works if you have the same staves for each system in a page, which is not often the case in a vocal score with different hidden staves (singers that do not sing all the time). But when I can use it, I find it is a very powerful tool.
What about creating a master page with multiple separate frames on it (all set to show frame chain MA) - one frame for each system. It may require a little manual tweaking but you can guarantee that there will be the same number of systems on each page, in the same places.
