So I’m trying to get a default placement set up on a custom Playing Technique. I turn the letter “M” into a glyph and press Edit. The X offset gives me a horizontal adjustment allowing my to more or less center the symbol above the notehead.
But the Y offset has no effect whatsoever. I can set it to 1 or 100, the vertical placement remains the same. Negative numbers also have no effect.
I want it to be a bit higher than the default.
Is this a bug? Or am I misunderstanding something? Help would be much appreciated!
The offset in the glyph editor doesn’t work. Or, rather, it works by offsetting individual glyphs when you have several of them in the editor. Using the Playing technique offset in Engrave mode works. You can set a default under Library→Engraving Options→Playing Techniques. And welcome to the forum @duck2too
I’m trying to set a default vertical (and horizontal) placement for a SINGLE playing technique symbol above the NOTEHEAD. I believe the engraving option shown here gives a vertical offset from the STAFF for every single playing technique.
So is what I’m trying to do basically not possible in Dorico? There’s no default positioning for an individual playing technique? Is what I’m trying to do possible using a different method?
I don’t think it’s possible in an easy way. You could either add some empty space text below the glyph in the editor, or use an unused articulation that you replace under Library→Music Symbols. There, the offset works.
