Federico,
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Federico Bruni [via Lilypond] <
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Hey Abraham, wonderful work!
I didn't have the time to try your fonts so far. I'm trying now but I can't find any minimal example in the website. All I have to do is adding a proper \paper block or there's more?
I see that the font is found by fontconfig but I'm getting this error:
fatal error: cannot find font: `haydn-11'
I'm using lilypond v2.19.15
You need to do two things:
1. Install the fonts in the correct LILYPOND font directory (NOT the system font directory)--see my instructions on the main page at
fonts.openlilylib.org.
2. Use the following (minimal) syntax, for example, in your .ly file:
#(set-global-staff-size 16) % this MUST come PRIOR to defining the fonts
\paper {
#(define fonts
(set-global-fonts
#:music "haydn"
#:brace "haydn"
#:factor (/ staff-height pt 20)
))
}
I thought I made that pretty clear on the website, but perhaps I did not. I do make mistakes like that.
BTW, why don't you make these fonts available through github's openlilylib?It would be easier to update and test.
That was the original intention, but after some discussion with Urs, we felt that it would probably do better to have their own site to make it seem more "professional".
See, it's more than just maintaining a font file because if you take the font files and edit them in FontForge (or any other font editor), then re-save them, they won't work with LilyPond because there is some internal data that FontForge gets rid of when you open the good files.
I use a handful of build scripts that make the fonts work with LilyPond, and I maintain them personally. I also update all the example files that showcase the fonts on the website, so it is easier for me to just do it that way. There is still a proposition to maintain the font stylesheets on github's openlilylib repository, but I haven't gotten there yet.
If you want to encourage donations or bounties for your work:
That's very interesting! I've never heard of this... I'll definitely have to think about that :)
Let me know if I can help in any other way and thanks for the feedback!
HTH,
Abraham
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