Dear users and developers,
I think it would sometimes be useful if Dorico provided an option for system-specific vertical spacing between staves in the System break and in the Frame break. What do you think about this?
There are already options to adjust Ideal Gaps and Minimum Gaps between systems, as well as the option to justify staves/systems that don’t quite fill a page.
What setting would you be after that is different to these? I mean, what sort of situation are you finding yourself in?
In some systems, I often have to change the gap individually. It might be effective if the staff gap value could be changed by controlling the gap value in the properties panel, just like the “Space size”.
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You can change the gap value in Engrave mode, by clicking on the number:
Being able to change the Layout Options at some point in the score, similar to a Condensing or Note Spacing Change, would be really useful, I agree.
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Also, I think that “player” in Italian is more usually suonatore for music, rather than giocatore, which is a footballer. 
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ahah right! 
nevertheless in Dorico, player is translated as Musicista (singular), or Musicisti (plural) : see the Player panel in setup if you switch Dorico to Italiano, and Musicista sounds better than Suonatore to my italian ears.
…also possible is Strumentista (singular), Strumentisti (plural): player of an instrument
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Thanks! I changed it. Sorry for my bad Italian…
Which is better for this specific case? I did not learn Italian, and just know some Italian expressions for music. 
Violini I Il 4° Strumentista: con la campane tingsa F7; Il 5° Strumentista: con la campana tibetana G3:
Violini I Il 4° suonatore: con la campane tingsa F7; Il 5° suonatore: con la campana tibetana G3:
Yes, but this only allows me to change the gap only between two staves. What I am proposing here is to change the default gap between all staves within a system.
TBH, I’d suggest that complex and specific instructions are written in a language with which the composer and players are comfortable.
German music is written with German descriptors; and French music is written in French. Other than standard expressions and tempi, I wouldn’t feel compelled to write everything in Italian.
Non siamo piĂą nei Napoli del settecento. 
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Strumentista is good.
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I’m digging up this subject a year later (and I do apologise for that), because I’m currently in the middle of exploring page layout possibilities in Dorico.
Music notation softwares are all highly complex; each has its own advantages and limitations depending on the way it works.
The layout has always been a headache, whether in Finale, Sibelius or Dorico (let’s face it).
Like Sibelius, Dorico uses a staff-spacing and system justification. Therein lies the rub.
In my opinion, it’s better to act on this and experiment with the visual result in Engraver mode. But it would be risky to tamper with the “ideal gaps” settings, as these come into play when the page is justified, incorporating all resizing calculations too.
In fact, these values in no way correspond to those you need to enter in the Finale dialogue boxes. We must avoid confusion.
Not sure what the question is, but …
I often like to work with vertical justification off, by setting both figures to 100%. This does two things:
- While I’m entering the music, avoids distracting vertical gaps
- After it’s all entered, lets me quickly see how full each page is, which helps me choose breaks/page turns (and occasionally forcing a system back) with the eventual justification stretch in mind
I also like to always space the music closer than the default rule of q = 4 spaces, and often reduce the ideal and minimum gaps between staves & systems. As we always say, set these as small as you would want to allow, because Dorico only widens them for justification.
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