Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> writes: > 2015-09-04 7:57 GMT+02:00 Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org>: > >> > trying to escape "\" in a string leads to strange results, for some >> > font-names. >> > Example below was ok with 2.18.2 >> > >> > \version "2.19.26" >> > >> > \markup \override #'(font-name . "Times New Roman") "\\<==what?" >> >> The displayed font is definitely not `Times New Roman'. It seems that >> the font substituted by FontConfig is a CJK font using half-width >> glyphs, and there it sometimes happens that the `\' slot gets replaced >> with the Yen sign `¥', for compatibility with ancient Japanese >> practice. >> > > Agreed, so far. > >> >> I think there is nothing to be done here, since it displays a font >> problem (or bug). >> > > Though, if 2.18.2 displays nicely (and it does), I'd tend to think > something on our part causes this misbehahiour. > (Ofcourse "Times New Roman" _is_ installed)
Well, at least it's not related to "trying to escape "\" in a string" but with the attempt to print a backslash. It would appear that our font configuration still could afford some połish. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
