Bar numbers in parts

You can show bar numbers differently in each layout, including using different font sizes, fonts, frequency, and enclosure types. Parts often require differently formatted bar numbers compared to full score layouts.

By default in Dorico Pro, there are two paragraph styles for bar numbers: one for full score layouts and one for part layouts, but initially both paragraph styles have the same settings. You can change the settings of these paragraph styles independently, for example, if you want to set the paragraph style for bar numbers in part layouts to use a bold italic font but set the paragraph style for bar numbers in full score layouts to use a plain font with a much larger font size.

In addition to changing the appearance of bar number fonts, you can change the following aspects of the appearance and position of bar numbers independently in each layout:

  • Bar number frequency

  • Minimum distance from staff and other objects

  • Horizontal position

  • Enclosure type

For example, you can show bar numbers every bar in full score layouts but only at the start of each system in part layouts.

Note

Changing values for enclosure sizes, padding values, and line thickness changes the corresponding aspect of bar number enclosures in all layouts in the project.