Re: PATCH: Issue 519: Warn about cross-platform font inconsistencies. (issue 10819043)

[James]

Mark,

On 1 July 2013 03:39, <address@hidden> wrote:

Reviewers: ,

Message:
I don't know if this qualifies for a "Fixed" label on Issue 519, but let
me know what you think.

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=519

Thanks.
- Mark

Description:
Issue 519: Warn about cross-platform font inconsistencies.

Please review this at https://codereview.appspot.com/10819043/

Affected files:
  M Documentation/notation/text.itely


Index: Documentation/notation/text.itely
diff --git a/Documentation/notation/text.itely b/Documentation/notation/text.itely
index 89c82c7d217f4b4cc936ed19681c25c0b6c921f5..0799f61259ed5ba30cabf5e2fcfd54f54b3021f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/text.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/text.itely
@@ -1402,6 +1402,14 @@ Three families of text fonts are made available: the @emph{roman}
address@hidden font and the monospaced @emph{typewriter} font -- these
 last two families are determined by the Pango installation.

address@hidden {There are no default fonts associated with the @emph{sans}
+and @emph{typewriter} font-families.  An input file that specifies
+either of these can lead to different output on different computers.
+To ensure consistent output among multiple platforms, fonts must be
+specified by name, and those fonts must be available on any system
+that processes the file.  See @ref{Single entry fonts} and
address@hidden document fonts}.}
+
 Each family may include different shapes and series.  The following
 example demonstrates the ability to select alternate families, shapes,
 series and sizes.  The value supplied to @code{font-size} is the



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And this is why.

There has been no label change on this to know that it needs to be tested before it is then reviewed,

Fortunately you at least put the tracker number in the summary.

So I will go and change that for you so it gets tested.

James