diff --git a/src/engraving/dom/clef.cpp b/src/engraving/dom/clef.cpp
index 5623fc2198027..996be14734d65 100644
--- a/src/engraving/dom/clef.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/dom/clef.cpp
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ void Clef::undoChangeProperty(Pid id, const PropertyValue& v, PropertyFlags ps)
     }
 }
 
+bool Clef::isMidMeasureClef() const
+{
+    return segment() && segment()->rtick().isNotZero();
+}
+
 void Clef::manageExclusionFromParts(bool exclude)
 {
     if (exclude) {
diff --git a/src/engraving/dom/clef.h b/src/engraving/dom/clef.h
index ae6b888e1d573..0a4d8617037be 100644
--- a/src/engraving/dom/clef.h
+++ b/src/engraving/dom/clef.h
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ class Clef final : public EngravingItem
     bool isHeader() const { return m_isHeader; }
     void setIsHeader(bool val) { m_isHeader = val; }
 
+    bool isMidMeasureClef() const;
+
     bool canBeExcludedFromOtherParts() const override { return !isHeader(); }
     void manageExclusionFromParts(bool exclude) override;
 
diff --git a/src/engraving/dom/textbase.cpp b/src/engraving/dom/textbase.cpp
index b1da7a2480696..22ecf74550e63 100644
--- a/src/engraving/dom/textbase.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/dom/textbase.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 #include "barline.h"
 #include "box.h"
+#include "dynamic.h"
 #include "instrumentname.h"
 #include "measure.h"
 #include "mscore.h"
@@ -1058,7 +1059,8 @@ void TextBlock::layout(const TextBase* t)
         for (auto fi = m_fragments.begin(); fi != m_fragments.end(); ++fi) {
             TextFragment& f = *fi;
             f.pos.setX(x);
-            FontMetrics fm(f.font(t));
+            Font fragmentFont = f.font(t);
+            FontMetrics fm(fragmentFont);
             if (f.format.valign() != VerticalAlignment::AlignNormal) {
                 double voffset = fm.xHeight() / subScriptSize;           // use original height
                 if (f.format.valign() == VerticalAlignment::AlignSubScript) {
@@ -1078,7 +1080,20 @@ void TextBlock::layout(const TextBase* t)
                 x += w;
             }
 
-            m_shape.add(fm.tightBoundingRect(f.text).translated(f.pos), t);
+            RectF textBRect = fm.tightBoundingRect(f.text).translated(f.pos);
+            bool useDynamicSymShape = fragmentFont.type() == Font::Type::MusicSymbol && t->isDynamic();
+            if (useDynamicSymShape) {
+                const Dynamic* dyn = toDynamic(t);
+                SymId symId = TConv::symId(dyn->dynamicType());
+                if (symId != SymId::noSym) {
+                    m_shape.add(dyn->symShapeWithCutouts(symId).translated(f.pos));
+                } else {
+                    m_shape.add(textBRect, t);
+                }
+            } else {
+                m_shape.add(textBRect, t);
+            }
+
             Font font = f.font(t);
             if (font.type() == Font::Type::MusicSymbol || font.type() == Font::Type::MusicSymbolText) {
                 // SEMI-HACK: Music fonts can have huge linespacing because of tall symbols, so instead of using the
diff --git a/src/engraving/rendering/dev/horizontalspacing.cpp b/src/engraving/rendering/dev/horizontalspacing.cpp
index 04d130cb6e6e3..e46d63b36e74c 100644
--- a/src/engraving/rendering/dev/horizontalspacing.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/rendering/dev/horizontalspacing.cpp
@@ -255,13 +255,13 @@ void HorizontalSpacing::spaceRightAlignedSegments(Measure* m, double segmentShap
     // Compute spacing
     for (Segment* raSegment : rightAlignedSegments) {
         // 1) right-align the segment against the following ones
-        double minDistAfter = -DBL_MAX;
+        double minDistAfter = 0.0;
         for (Segment* seg = raSegment->nextActive(); seg; seg = seg->nextActive()) {
             double xDiff = seg->x() - raSegment->x();
             double minDist = minHorizontalCollidingDistance(raSegment, seg, segmentShapeSqueezeFactor);
             minDistAfter = std::max(minDistAfter, minDist - xDiff);
         }
-        if (minDistAfter != -DBL_MAX && raSegment->prevActive()) {
+        if (raSegment->prevActive()) {
             Segment* prevSegment = raSegment->prevActive();
             prevSegment->setWidth(prevSegment->width() - minDistAfter);
             prevSegment->setWidthOffset(prevSegment->widthOffset() - minDistAfter);
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ bool HorizontalSpacing::isNeverKernable(const EngravingItem* item)
 
     switch (type) {
     case ElementType::CLEF:
+        if (toClef(item)->isMidMeasureClef()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    // fall through
     case ElementType::TIMESIG:
     case ElementType::KEYSIG:
     case ElementType::BAR_LINE:
diff --git a/src/engraving/rendering/dev/tlayout.cpp b/src/engraving/rendering/dev/tlayout.cpp
index 945d06af5c292..103394a593e02 100644
--- a/src/engraving/rendering/dev/tlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/rendering/dev/tlayout.cpp
@@ -1794,10 +1794,15 @@ void TLayout::layoutClef(const Clef* item, Clef::LayoutData* ldata, const Layout
     }
     // clefs on palette or at start of system/measure are left aligned
     // other clefs are right aligned
-    RectF r(item->symBbox(ldata->symId));
-    double x = item->segment() && item->segment()->rtick().isNotZero() ? -r.right() : 0.0;
+    Shape shape(item->symShapeWithCutouts(ldata->symId));
+    bool isMidMeasureClef = item->isMidMeasureClef();
+    double x = isMidMeasureClef ? -shape.right() : 0.0;
     ldata->setPos(PointF(x, yoff * _spatium + (stepOffset * 0.5 * _spatium)));
-    ldata->setBbox(r);
+    if (item->isMidMeasureClef()) {
+        ldata->setShape(shape);
+    } else {
+        ldata->setBbox(item->symBbox(ldata->symId));
+    }
 }
 
 void TLayout::layoutCapo(const Capo* item, Capo::LayoutData* ldata, const LayoutContext&)