Working on a hymnal, and I have realized (at last, I know) there is a way in Dorico to match the font size in the text frame for verse 4 and 5 (project file below) to the lyric font size.
Lyric font: 13.5pt
Raster: Custom - 1.3mm
I keep reading about ‘staff-relative’ and ‘absolute’, but can’t make sense of any of this. Thanks for any help you all can give!
Staff-relative = the size will change based on your staff size
Absolute = the size will stay the same no matter what your staff size is
Here’s a primer on how these work: https://www.scoringnotes.com/tips/the-point-of-point-sizes/
The gist of it is that in Dorico the staff-relative size will be equal the absolute size if the staff is roughly 7mm (1.75mm space size). If the staff size is 6mm then the font will be 6/7 of the absolute font size (e.g. a 14pt font will show at 12pt).
I set hymnal lyrics paragraph style to “absolute” to avoid this sort of confusion.
Do I need to find some sort of analog-printing-press class at a museum somewhere. @pianoleo 's linked article is great.