Hiya — it looks like Dorico 6 uses different arrows in tempo equations, which are much longer than those in Dorico 5, and also has a wider font kerning. (using the default settings for Tempo in paragraph styles). Is there any way to get Dorico 6 to use the same arrows used in Dorico 5? I’ve just opened a huge score, and the longer arrows have created a lot of collisions with other system markings… I’d love to just get the old arrows back rather than respace all the markings in the score and c.35 orchestral parts… Before and after screenshots upgrading a Dorico 5 file to Dorico 6…
Dorico uses the metricModulationArrowLeft and metricModulationArrowRight glyphs (as defined in SMuFL) but they were much larger in Dorico 5 relative to the note values than they are now in Dorico 6.
There’s no way for you to adjust the glyphs used or their size relative to the noteheads in the tempo equation, I’m afraid.
Thanks for the info Daniel. In the pics above, the orange one is Dorico 6 — the arrows definitely look bigger and the kerning wider to me in Dorico 6, compared to the Dorico 5; with the noteheads looking the same size in both. The opposite of what you said! 
oh wow ok… that’s interesting. Then I have no idea how I have managed to get smaller arrows in my Dorico 5. Mine look exactly like the ones on the picture in Engraving Options.; different to yours, or the ones I have on Dorico 6.
Just a question: are the arrows really necessary? I’ve thought of using them, but I’ve never met a musician who would be confused if they were omitted.
In some older scores, you will see tempo equations written the other way around – that is, h=q means that the new half equals the old quarter. So the arrows do clarify what is meant, although I agree that in most cases they’re not needed.
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Yeah. Context is king.
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