Header / Footer fields do not align vertically by baseline, therefore look mis-aligned

• Feb 8, 2024 - 00:57

The left-middle-right sections of Header and Footer do not align vertically properly. They should align on the baseline, but instead, they vertically align based on the character height.

For example, a footer section that includes the word "Copyright", is vertically aligned based on the bottom of the characters that fall below baseline, ie p,y, or g. A header section that includes the word "Copyright" would be vertically aligned based on the capital "C". See examples.

Most of the documentation products I use align header/footer sections by the baseline, such as Apple Pages and Numbers (see examples).

This misalignment makes it awkward for me with my copyright notices, because I want other information in the footer as well as the notice itself.

I'm using Musescore 4.2.1 on Mac Mini M1.


Comments

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

Hi, JoJo

How do I report this on GitHub?

I see that it has already been reported to GitHub, but that there are no plans to work on it ... I see a comment about not enough people have reported it? Please add me.

In spite of duplicating effort, I'll be happy to post it in GitHub if I can.

The thing is ... I've been working with Musescore Studio since 2.0. Three years ago I started a notation project that is finally in the "engraving" stage, where the notes are done, but things like headers and footers matter.

And, the UI changes for Musescore 4 have shown me possibilities that I didn't know existed in 3.x, so my expectations are rising.

What can I do to help?

Thanks
Janet

Bottom aligned text uses inconsistent baseline
https://musescore.org/en/node/340750 - 12/30/2022
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/15930 - JoJo-Schmitz 1/17/2023

Observations, not sure about bugs - 1/17/2023
https://musescore.org/en/node/342768

Header / footer text height depends on the characters #20861
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/20861 - 1/6/2024

Several questions about working with text (e.g., title and composer) - 2/7/2024

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