2012/2/6 m...@apollinemike.com <m...@apollinemike.com>:
> Hey all,
>
> I see a shortcut for utf-8-strings in pango-font.cc. This is all well and
> good except that it is hard to do box approximations on these guys (it'd
> require adding lots of code). How mad would LilyPond be if I just deleted
> all of the utf-8-string business? I don't think it'd change the visual
> output...it'd just get rid of a shortcut. Does anyone have any justification
> for keeping this shortcut?
This is just a wild guess: would deleting it mean that Pango would
treat all text on a letter-per-letter basis? If so, there could be
problems with kerning; see how kerning is not applied to letters which
are in separate lyric syllabes:
\markup \sans { LTA <- proper kerning }
\repeat unfold 4 a'4
\addlyrics {
\override LyricText #'font-family = #'sans
LLLLLL -- TTTTTT -- AAAAAA }
\markup "lyric syllabes are treated as separate strings and even when
they touch, kerning is not applied"
hope this helps,
Janek
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