Re: Global Font Change?

[Bernardo Barros]

sorry,

but why this works:
 ls > trashme.txt

and not this:
lilypond -dshow-available-fonts x > trashme.txt




2010/8/28 Bernardo Barros <address@hidden>:
> *stupid
>
> 2010/8/28 Bernardo Barros <address@hidden>:
>> very useful command. is this documented?
>>
>> 2010/8/28 Christopher Meredith <address@hidden>:
>>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> On 27 August 2010 02:00, Christopher Meredith <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've done a lot of searching but am still having some trouble.
>>>>> Basically, I want to globally change the text render font from Century
>>>>> Schoolbook to a different serif font. The font I want to use is a
>>>>> system-installed OTF font and it is working, except I can't get
>>>>> italics to work. I have tried the following methods:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Setting make-pango-font-tree in the \paper section of the .ly file
>>>>> 2. Changing font.scm
>>>>> 3. Overriding the font at every occurrence
>>>>>
>>>>> In each of these instances, the new font is rendered, except for
>>>>> italics. Is there something I am forgetting?
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> Maybe your font has another name for italic : something like
>>>> "My Font Name Italic" for example.
>>>> Have you checked your font does not have several entries, by running
>>>>
>>>>  lilypond -dshow-available-fonts x
>>>>
>>>> and looking for your font name?
>>>
>>> Thanks, that did help. It revealed that for whatever reason, the font
>>> I was trying to use didn't have an italics form. I switched to a
>>> different font and now all is working as expected. Thanks!
>>>
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