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Development diary, part 12
It’s been a long time since the last entry in this diary, and as the year draws to its close, I know there is an appetite for news on how our project is progressing. I hope this update will bring you some festive cheer and excitement for the year ahead. The past...![Development diary, part 11](https://blog.dorico.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/plate-detail.jpg)
Development diary, part 11
After the last instalment’s detailed discussion of beam grouping and sloping, today’s development update is going to focus on some of the issues around laying out a page of music, in particular working in the horizontal dimension, including casting off and...![Development diary, part 10](https://blog.dorico.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/B0AA812F71.jpg)
Development diary, part 10
As a wise man once said, there are as many rules of music engraving as there are music engravers. This is a joke, of course, but perhaps only half of one: although there are certain aspects of how music notation should be presented that more or less everybody can...![Development diary, part nine](https://blog.dorico.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wrapped-present.jpg)