Layout project settings in Logic Pro for Mac

In Logic Pro, the Score project settings contain the Layout settings, which define line thickness, stem length, and the appearance and spacing of slurs, ties, notes, and dots.

Line Thickness settings

Line Thickness parameters: Determines the line thickness of every notation element that uses lines, staff lines, stems, ledger lines, bar lines, repeat and end lines, tuplet brackets, text boxes, crescendi/decrescendi (also affects line objects and arrows), ties, and slurs.
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.

Slurs

Slurs Line Thickness slider: Use to set the line thickness for all slurs.
Horizontal Distance slider: Use to adjust the distance between the beginning and end for all slurs.
Vertical Distance slider: Use to adjust the vertical height for all slurs.
Curve Height slider: Determines the bow of the curve for all slurs.
Curvature slider: Determines how rounded the curvature of each slur is.

Ties

Ties Line Thickness slider: Use to set the line thickness for all ties.
Horizontal Tie Position and Vertical Tie Position sliders: Determine the distances between note heads and related ties (which are displayed automatically).

Spacing settings

Bar Start Spacing and Bar End Spacing sliders: Change 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 Score Global pane.
Dot to Note Distance and Dot to Dot Distance sliders: Determine the distance between the note heads and dots, for dotted notes. Dot/Dot Distance refers to double dotted notes.
Accidental to Note Distance slider: Use 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 slider: Use to globally alter the horizontal distance between several accidentals, in chords.

Others settings

Stem Length slider: Determines the default setting for stem length.
Defaults button: Click to reset all parameters to their default settings.

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