Hi friends,
I was tidying up my hard drive today, and came across this resource that I picked up some time back, iirc (if I recall correctly), on the MENC website.
It's a handy little guide for writing "proper" sheet music. Fortunately for most of us (myself included), Notation Musician and Notation Composer already do the actual music notation symbols (notes, accidentals, etc.) automatically, and also makes really good first-guess placements of many other symbols.
This guide is therefore more useful for the "standard practice" tips for placement of other items such as barline types, text annotations (tempo and dynamic changes) and such. Of course you can always put them where ever you want using the flexible tools in Musician and Composer. But you may find some of these tips helpful for putting certain elements in their "expected" places, making it easier for the most musicians to easily read your sheets.
Enjoy!
Sherry
standard_practice.pdf