Measure repeat counts should have text style and default to something smaller

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Since Aug 12, 2026.

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Description

community engraving P2 text

Describe the bug
If you enable counts for measure repeats in Format / Style / Measure repeats, the results are too large and the font is not customizable.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Set the "Number consecutive measure repeats" option in Format / Style / Measure Repeats
  2. Add several consecutive measure repeats somewhere in your score
  3. See error: numbers are rendered with the same symbols at the same size as multimeasure rests

Expected behavior
A default font that isn't easily mistaken for a multimeasure rest, and the ability to customize it

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Platform information

  • OS: Linux

Additional context
Probably we should have a new text style for this, but meanwhile, we should consider simply a smaller size of the current font, or even just using Edwin.

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