Re: Escape sequence for accentuated characters?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Raphael Manfredi wrote:
> Quoting Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> from ml.lilypond.users:
> :Raphael Manfredi wrote:
> :> And here is a PNG of the lilypond output on my system, in case you
> :> cannot reproduce it.
> :
> :There was a problem with fontchanges  in the middle of text strings, 
> :which I fixed in 2.7.8.
> :
> :However, I recommend you to use another font, which includes the 
> :accented characters as separate glyphs, eg. ecrm10. With 2.7.8, you will 
> :still get the sans-serif u` but with correct placement.
>
> Yes, ecmr10 works fine, but it is a sans-serif font and it does not
> look as good as cmr10.

no, it's not; what you're seeing is the system default for fonts that 
are not found.

> Where does lilypond get its font list from, so that I can try others?

the easiest is to put a .ttf  .pfb  or .pfa in ~/.fonts. If it shows up 
on the output of

        fc-list

you can use it in lily.



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