Time signature styles
Dorico Pro allows you to show time signatures in a variety of styles. For example, you can show denominators as a number or as a note value.
- Numerator styles
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The numerator is always one or more numbers, and can either show the total number of beats in the bar as a single number, or show how the total duration of the bar is subdivided into beat groups.
Figure 1. Number numerator 
Figure 2. Beat group numerator - Denominator styles
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The denominator can appear as a number, as a note indicating the equivalent duration, or not appear at all.
If shown as a notehead, the denominator can either show the length of each beat in the bar, or the note duration for the bar. When showing the beat length, the numerator can change, for example, the numerator 6 in a 6/8 time signature becomes a 2 to reflect the two dotted quarter note beats that make up a 6/8 bar.
Figure 3. Number denominator 
Figure 4. Note denominator (beat length) 
Figure 5. Note denominator (note duration) 
Figure 6. None denominator - Open meter styles
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Open time signatures can be shown as an X, Penderecki’s symbol, or be hidden with no symbol. No symbol open time signatures are indicated by signposts.
Figure 7. X open style 
Figure 8. Penderecki’s symbol open style 
Figure 9. No symbol open style - Interchangeable time signature separator styles
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Interchangeable time signatures can have different separator styles. You can specify the separator style when inputting interchangeable time signatures using the popover and for individual interchangeable time signatures after they have been input.
Figure 10. Parentheses separator 
Figure 11. Brackets separator 
Figure 12. Equals sign separator 
Figure 13. Slash separator 
Figure 14. Space separator 
Figure 15. Hyphen separator
You can change the style of all time signatures project-wide according to their type on the Time Signatures page in , and you can change the style of individual time signatures independently of your project-wide settings.