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Resolves: #34797

Overview

This PR implements a new global style option (Sid::oversizedNoteheads) to support oversized noteheads. More specifically, it allows users to opt out, as external fonts are currently loaded with oversized noteheads by default. This ensures better usability across a wider range of fonts. To maintain backward compatibility, the option is disabled by default for all fonts except Bravura, which has it enabled by default when loading font defaults.

Changes Made

  • Symbol Mapping: Added new SymId enums and string mappings specifically for oversized noteheads.
  • UI & Styling: Introduced the Sid::oversizedNoteheads style definition along with a corresponding checkbox in the EditStyle dialog.
  • Font Handling: Updated EngravingFont to enable dynamic symbol resolution and cloning, which is necessary to isolate font instances and prevent state sharing.
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The change adds five oversized notehead symbols and exposes them through the API. Engraving fonts can clone themselves, track oversized-notehead state, and resolve standard noteheads to oversized variants. A new score style controls this behavior. Score layout caches the selected font and applies the style. The EditStyle dialog includes a “Prefer oversized noteheads” checkbox.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a3ca8

The change can alter existing Bravura rendering, misplace stems through incorrect anchor assignment, and remap numeric style IDs. These behavior and compatibility issues should be fixed before merge.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning Issue #34797 requires MuseScore to use explicit stem attachment coordinates from SMuFL glyphsWithAnchors metadata. The reviewed changes add oversized notehead symbol resolution, a style option, and … Implement the issue in the metadata-to-stem-attachment path. Add an automated test that loads a font with changed glyphsWithAnchors coordinates and verifies the resulting stem position.
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The Sid::oversizedNoteheads setting, EditStyle checkbox, oversized symbol IDs, and related font cloning implement a separate global notehead appearance feature. These changes have no demonstrated co… Remove these unrelated changes from this pull request or track the oversized-notehead feature in a separate linked issue and pull request.
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Description check ✅ Passed The description identifies issue #34797, explains the motivation, summarizes the implementation, and completes the required checklist. The unit test checkbox remains unchecked, but the template marks …
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: implementing an option for oversized noteheads.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring check was indeterminate for this PR — some files could not be analyzed in time. Not blocking.
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Issue #34797 requires MuseScore to use explicit stem attachment coordinates from SMuFL glyphsWithAnchors metadata. The reviewed changes add oversized notehead symbol resolution, a style option, and font cloning. They do not change glyphsWithAnchors parsing or the stem attachment calculation. The diff therefore does not establish that external-font anchor coordinates affect stem placement. No automated test covers this behavior.

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The Sid::oversizedNoteheads setting, EditStyle checkbox, oversized symbol IDs, and related font cloning implement a separate global notehead appearance feature. These changes have no demonstrated connection to issue #34797, which concerns explicit stem attachment coordinates in glyphsWithAnchors metadata.

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In `@src/engraving/dom/score.cpp`:
- Line 4867: In doLayoutRange(), preserve the cloned m_engravingFont default for
oversized noteheads and apply style().value(Sid::oversizedNoteheads) only when
that style value is explicitly set. Ensure Score::setEngravingFont() retains
each selected font’s default rather than allowing an unset style value to
overwrite it.

In `@src/engraving/internal/engravingfont.cpp`:
- Line 67: Update clone() and the metadata reload path so
loadGlyphsWithAnchors() reads glyphs through direct m_symbols indexing without
applying m_oversizedNoteheads resolution. Preserve the existing
oversized-notehead setting after loading while ensuring noteheadWhole metadata
is not remapped to noteheadWholeOversized.

In `@src/engraving/style/styledef.h`:
- Line 280: Preserve existing Sid ordinals by moving oversizedNoteheads to the
end of the Sid members immediately before STYLES, and add its matching
styleValues entry at the corresponding index; alternatively, assign explicit
stable enum values while keeping styleValues indexing aligned.

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  • src/engraving/api/v1/apitypes.h
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  • src/engraving/internal/engravingfont.h
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m_engravingFont = engravingFonts()->fontByName(fontName)->clone();
m_lastFontName = fontName;
}
m_engravingFont->setOversizedNoteheads(style().value(Sid::oversizedNoteheads).toBool());

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the selected font default unless the score overrides it.

Score::setEngravingFont() only replaces m_engravingFont. doLayoutRange() then clones the font and unconditionally applies MStyle::value(Sid::oversizedNoteheads). An unset style value falls back to the global StyleDef value false, which overwrites Bravura’s font default true. A style-boundary default alone cannot preserve per-font behavior when the font changes. Retain the cloned font default and apply the style value only when explicitly set.

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In `@src/engraving/dom/score.cpp` at line 4867, In doLayoutRange(), preserve the
cloned m_engravingFont default for oversized noteheads and apply
style().value(Sid::oversizedNoteheads) only when that style value is explicitly
set. Ensure Score::setEngravingFont() retains each selected font’s default
rather than allowing an unset style value to overwrite it.

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m_metadataPath = other.m_metadataPath;
m_engravingDefaults = other.m_engravingDefaults;
m_textEnclosureThickness = other.m_textEnclosureThickness;
m_oversizedNoteheads = other.m_oversizedNoteheads;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Inspect the loader path and identify metadata files that define base and oversized notehead anchors.
rg -n -C 4 'loadGlyphsWithAnchors|Sym& sym = this->sym\(symId\)|m_oversizedNoteheads|resolveSymId' \
  src/engraving/internal/engravingfont.cpp

fd -e json . | while IFS= read -r file; do
  python3 - "$file" <<'PY'
import json, sys
path = sys.argv[1]
try:
    with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
        anchors = json.load(f).get("glyphsWithAnchors", {})
except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
    raise SystemExit

for base, alternate in [
    ("noteheadBlack", "noteheadBlackOversized"),
    ("noteheadHalf", "noteheadHalfOversized"),
    ("noteheadWhole", "noteheadWholeOversized"),
    ("noteheadDoubleWhole", "noteheadDoubleWholeOversized"),
    ("noteheadDoubleWholeSquare", "noteheadDoubleWholeSquareOversized"),
]:
    if base in anchors or alternate in anchors:
        print(f"{path}: {base}={anchors.get(base)}; {alternate}={anchors.get(alternate)}")
PY
done

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sed -n '880,920p' src/engraving/internal/engravingfont.cpp
rg -n -C 5 'clone\(\)|ensureLoad\(|loadGlyphsWithAnchors\(' src/engraving/internal src/engraving | head -n 180

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Resolve whether the affected oversized symbols are valid and whether metadata
# iteration can restore or overwrite the copied anchor records.
rg -n -C 8 'struct Sym|class Sym|isValid\(\)|noteheadWholeOversized|noteheadBlackOversized' \
  src/engraving/internal/engravingfont.h src/engraving/internal/engravingfont.cpp src/engraving/types src/engraving | head -n 220

python3 - <<'PY'
import json
path = "fonts/bravura/bravura_metadata.json"
with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)
anchors = data["glyphsWithAnchors"]
for name in (
    "noteheadBlack", "noteheadBlackOversized",
    "noteheadHalf", "noteheadHalfOversized",
    "noteheadWhole", "noteheadWholeOversized",
    "noteheadDoubleWhole", "noteheadDoubleWholeOversized",
):
    print(name, "present=", name in anchors, "value=", anchors.get(name))
print("JSON key order:")
print([k for k in anchors if "notehead" in k and ("Oversized" in k or k in {
    "noteheadBlack", "noteheadHalf", "noteheadWhole", "noteheadDoubleWhole"
})])
PY

rg -n -C 3 '"notehead(Black|Half|Whole|DoubleWhole)(Oversized)?"' \
  fonts/bravura/bravura_metadata.json

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Load glyph metadata without oversized notehead resolution.

clone() copies m_oversizedNoteheads and reloads metadata while that flag is enabled. loadGlyphsWithAnchors() then maps noteheadWhole to the valid noteheadWholeOversized symbol, although Bravura defines no anchors for the oversized glyph. The clone therefore assigns base-notehead anchors to the oversized symbol. Use direct m_symbols indexing while loading metadata, or disable oversized resolution during the load.

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In `@src/engraving/internal/engravingfont.cpp` at line 67, Update clone() and the
metadata reload path so loadGlyphsWithAnchors() reads glyphs through direct
m_symbols indexing without applying m_oversizedNoteheads resolution. Preserve
the existing oversized-notehead setting after loading while ensuring
noteheadWhole metadata is not remapped to noteheadWholeOversized.

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barNoteDistance,
barAccidentalDistance,
noteBarDistance,
oversizedNoteheads,

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve existing Sid ordinals.

Sid uses implicit numeric values and is exposed through Q_ENUM_NS(Sid). Inserting oversizedNoteheads shifts every later ordinal. Name-based plugin access and XML persistence remain safe, but consumers that use raw Sid or QMetaEnum values can resolve old ordinals to different styles. Append the member before STYLES with its matching styleValues entry, or assign explicit stable values while preserving array indexing.

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In `@src/engraving/style/styledef.h` at line 280, Preserve existing Sid ordinals
by moving oversizedNoteheads to the end of the Sid members immediately before
STYLES, and add its matching styleValues entry at the corresponding index;
alternatively, assign explicit stable enum values while keeping styleValues
indexing aligned.

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<item row="9" column="0">
<widget class="QCheckBox" name="oversizedNoteheads">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>MuseScore will use available SMuFL metrics for oversized notehead alternatives for a bolder appearance</string>

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I guess we can drop "MuseScore will use" and replace it with "Use"

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Yes, that was phrased a bit too defensively. In general, I'd suggest only making the checkbox 'enableable' if the font actually supports oversized variants. That way, one could also get rid of that "Prefer ...".

I'll try to investigate this next week, but I'm not sure yet how to check a font for feature compatibility. As far as I know, Leland, Emmentaler, Finale Maestro & Broadway, and MuseJazz don't support oversized variants. Gootville and Petaluma do have values in their metadata, but currently (almost) nothing changes for them in my implementation – for example either because my code is buggy or because no alternative glyphs are present despite the metadata. If it's the latter, I'm out of ideas concerning font compatibility checks.

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Allow switching between ordinary and oversized notehead variants

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