Re: Fonts for TextScripts

[Aaron Hill]

On 2020-06-26 3:33 am, Aaron Hill wrote:
> On 2020-06-26 3:05 am, Aberforth D - Instrumentals wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a problem obtaining the correct font for TextScripts. When I 
> > type
> > the following command:
> >
> > c4^\markup \italic "legato"
> >
> > it shows up all right in Frescobaldi but the svg file does not produce 
> > the
> > correct font. Indeed, the source-code of the svg file only states 
> > "serif"
> > as font.
>
> I cannot reproduce this behavior.  Here is my MWE for reference:
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
> { b'4 ^\markup \italic "Hello" }
> %%%%
>
> The relevant excerpt from the SVG file:
> ====
> <text transform="translate(17.2358, 1.6730)" font-family="serif"
> font-style="italic" font-size="2.2001" text-anchor="start"
> fill="currentColor">
> <tspan>Hello</tspan>
> </text>
> ====

Oh, wait.  I thought you meant the \italic was not working.  It looks 
like you were instead talking about the font family, not the style.

This behavior appears to be intended.  The default font names for 
\roman, \sans, and \typewriter are "serif", "sans-serif", and 
"monospace" respectively.  The SVG output engine simply embeds the 
general font family name rather than consulting the current font-config. 
 Theoretically, this should end up mapping to the same actual font, 
unless the SVG viewer uses a different font-config such as when running 
on a different system.

If you need to specify the actual font, just set it in \paper:

%%%%
\version "2.20.0"

\paper {
  #(define fonts
    (set-global-fonts
      #:roman "Times New Roman"
      #:factor (/ staff-height pt 20)))
}

{ b'4 ^\markup \italic "Hello" }
%%%%

====
<text transform="translate(17.2358, 1.5023)" font-family="Times New 
Roman" font-style="italic" font-size="2.2001" text-anchor="start" 
fill="currentColor">
<tspan>Hello</tspan>
</text>
====


-- Aaron Hill