Re: [somewhat-OT] tweaking Lilypond PS/PDF output in (e.g.) Illustrator

[Kieren Richard MacMillan]

Hi, Eduardo:

Thanks for your comments!

> I had to choose the option of importing text as vector, not as text,
> for if I tryied otherwise all the music glyphs that are fonts would be
> displayed. I don't know if Illustrator gives you the option of  
> importing
> text as vector. I really don't see much, if any, loss of quality by  
> doing that.

There isn't an option (that I can see) -- Illustrator just does it  
anyway. And, yes, even though on the *screen* the text appears  
jagged, the printed page seems as high-resolution as anything I type  
in Illustrator directly (i.e., vector fonts), so that's not a  
concern. However, it is somewhat curious...!

> Now, recent versions ( 2.7.x?), Corel couldn't open at all. Too bad

I have noticed that there are differences in how Illustrator handles  
2.7.x files versus older versions, but haven't yet had the time to  
characterize exactly what's going on... I imagine it's a result of  
the changes in the way Lilypond generates its PS code.

Since my last post, I did use FontBook (built into Mac OS X) to  
import the Emmentaler and Aybabtu fonts, but:
1. FontBook says that the CenturySch-* fonts are unusable (OTF  
information missing!).
2. I can't get FontBook to recognize the Feta .pfa fonts at all.

Right now I'm hunting around the net to see if I can find good  
conversion utilities -- if I find anything, I'll post.
If anyone else has other suggestions, I (and Eduardo, I'm sure) would  
love to hear them!

Thanks,
Kieren.