musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Horizontal character spacing settings for text

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Description

Your idea

The ability to edit the horizontal spacing of characters within a text element.

An example would be like in Photoshop where I can edit the horizontal spacing of text:

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to look like this,

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or if I wish, more spaced apart

Problem to be solved
  • Additional option for text editing directly within Musescore
Checklist
  • This request follows the guidelines for reporting issues
  • I have verified that this feature request has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar requests

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating MuseScore's text-editing and text-rendering entry points, then determine how a horizontal character-spacing setting should be represented and exposed. Done means text elements support the requested spacing behavior within the editor and the result is covered by appropriate tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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