Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 1210)

Note: If you have a high-resolution printer, try to use smaller line thickness settings (2,
or maybe even 1). Smaller staff lines, in particular, look much better. The other parameter
settings are more a matter of personal preference. These changes are only visible at
high zoom levels on the screen. To really judge the results, try some printouts with
different settings. The Slur and Tie Thickness parameters are affected by the Scale
parameter in score sets, and the Size parameter in staff styles.
Spacing Settings
• Bar Start Spacing and Bar End Spacing fields: Changes the relative distance between the
first and last note of a bar, and the preceding or subsequent bar line. Keep in mind that
changing the default settings of these parameters only makes sense if rather extreme
values have been chosen for the general Spacing parameters in the Global Score project
settings pane.
• Dot to Note Distance and Dot to Dot Distance fields: Determine the distance between
the note heads and dots, for dotted notes. Dot/Dot Distance refers to double dotted
notes.
• Accidental to Note Distance field: Allows you to globally alter the horizontal distance of
accidentals from the corresponding note heads. The default setting should only be
changed if very small values are used for the Spacing parameters, which results in a
tiny distance between notes. This global setting can also be combined with the
Accidental Distance parameter of individual notes, in the Note Attributes window.
• Accidental to Accidental Distance field: Allows you to globally alter the horizontal distance
between several accidentals, in chords.
Other Settings
• Stem Length field: Determines the default setting for stem length.
• Horizontal Tie Position and Vertical Tie Position fields: Determine the distances between
note heads and related ties (which are displayed automatically).
• Factory Defaults button: Click to reset all parameters to their default settings.
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