Music spacing problem

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dallascomposer
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Post by dallascomposer » Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:00 pm

I am transcribing some reed parts that require more doubling that my students can handle, and I have come across a problem with spacing that I can't fix.

The issues is with a double-dotted eighth followed by two 32nds. Everything spaces out in Score view, but in Part view, the 32nd notes are crammed together on top of each other. Beat spacing has a comically absurd width for the double dotted eighths, and both note spacing and TimeSig spacing pile the 32nd on top of each other.

I cannot use Perfect Layout anymore since there is no "open using Rosetta" option on my Finale Application.

I know that I will have to manually space these measures just to keep moving forward, but I have attached the file in case anyone knows why this is happening. (measure 36)

EDIT
I realized that I am working on my Intel machine which would not have Rosetta. Still, Perfect Layout does not load on this computer so I can't use it.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:52 pm

At the bottom of your post you tell that you are using Finale v27.
But your Forum User Profile (shown to the right of your post) tells that you are still using v26.
Perhaps it is time to update your profile.

dallascomposer wrote:
Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:00 pm
… The issues is with a double-dotted eighth followed by two 32nds …
You probably mean “followed by two 64ths” - right? (32nds: three beams - 64ths: four beams)

dallascomposer wrote:
Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:00 pm
… Everything spaces out in Score view, but in Part view, the 32nd notes are crammed together on top of each other. Beat spacing has a comically absurd width for the double dotted eighths, and both note spacing and TimeSig spacing pile the 32nd on top of each other …
Unfortunately I am unable to reproduce your problem.
For me, everything spaces out nicely, both in the score, and in the parts.

Is there perhaps something you forgot to tell - like e. g. some special files on your computer (files that I do not have)?
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Post by miker » Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:58 pm

Your file opened with an incorrect font(s). Even after changing the font to Maestro, things were odd. So I can't offer much hope, except to say that maybe you should reduce the number of measures per line.
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Post by motet » Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:50 pm

Perhaps you could post a screen shot. But it looks like the font, GnvilFIN, is from Elbsound. I would ask Herr Angermüller himself.

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Post by miker » Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:22 am

Yes, that’s the font it showed. It’s a paid font, and I don’t need it, so I’ll pass on this one.
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