IWBNI it were possible to specify that accidentals should be allowed to overlap preceding notes and dots on large intervals.

For example, the following measure has been spaced without overlap:

The following figure shows the same measure with accidentals overlapping preceding notes:

This could be implemented by adding a button called Accidental Overlap to the Music Spacing Options dialog box. This button would display a new dialog box called Accidental Overlap that could contain the following controls:

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Accidental Overlap
 
 

Melodic Interval Direction	Stem Direction		Minimum Interval for Overlap	Maximum Overlap (EVPUs)
	First Note	Second Note
Up	Up Stem	Up Stem	none	0
Up	Up Stem	Down Stem	none	0
Up	Down Stem	Up Stem	6th	9
Up	Down Stem	Down Stem	6th	6
Down	Up Stem	Up Stem	6th	6
Down	Up Stem	Down Stem	6th	9
Down	Down Stem	Up Stem	6th	3
Down	Down Stem	Down Stem	6th	3

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The black entries in the table are associated with cases for which overlap would not be allowed. The third row of the table specifies that in the case when a down-stemmed note is followed by a higher up-stemmed note, the left edge of any accidentals on the second note may be positioned up to 9 EVPUs before the right edge of the first note.

Created: February 18, 2000 (based on a submission from Andrew Stiller)
Last Updated: February 18, 2000
Version: Finale 2000b