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| Posted By : Peter West - 12/30/2012 6:23 AM | I can now hide and show leger lines once I realised that everywhere in Finale they are miss-spelled "ledger lines"
I never realised that light lines (leger in French) had anything to do with accounting!
Peter
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| Posted By : Motet - 1/2/2013 5:06 PM | I think "ledger" is the preferred spelling in American English. The Merriam-Webster dictionary lists "leger line" as a variant.
Are you sure of the "light" etymology? "Ledger" apparently has a meaning "horizontal board" in addition to the book. The "light" etymology does seem plausible, though.
Finale 2011b, 2005, TGTools
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