Hi Kieren, I'll share some of my similar experiences. I have Corel Draw 7 (Windows), and I could import Lilypond .ps files with no trouble if they were from version 2.6.3. But 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. I have a laser printer and the output is fine. I'm also still curious how to make Corel Draw recognize, include or import the font, whatever term is more proper. Now, recent versions ( 2.7.x?), Corel couldn't open at all. Too bad :( Then I found a workaround: I open Lilypond's PDF output with Adobe Reader, use PDF995 virtual printer, using the option "print to file". Then the generated .prn file can be open in Corel Draw, like I used to do before. I haven't tested multiple pages yet with this workaround.
Regards, Eduardo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kieren Richard MacMillan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: [somewhat-OT] tweaking Lilypond PS/PDF output in (e.g.) Illustrator > [Mac OS X 10.4.4 ; Lilypond Version 2.7.35-1 (Build from 30-12-2005 > 19:17) ] > > > Hello, all! > > On many (especially time-sensitive) projects, I prefer to do my fine > tweaks in Illustrator -- I find that fast tweaking directly in > Lilypond is essentially impossible, given the multiple-try-and- > compile-cycle process required for almost every tweak. [Fortunately, > the basic Lilypond output is so great that the tweaks are minor and > can be done quite quickly in Illustrator.] > > Unfortunately, it's no simple job to get Illustrator to recognize my > Lilypond output as "clean" PostScript! [Likely this is an Adobe > problem, not you guys -- however, I'm stuck trying to find a > workaround anyway, and would appreciate any assistance...] > > On single-page scores, I can use ps2ps to convert, and that seems to > leave a useable file (i.e., Illustrator reads it). However, on multi- > page scores, it only reads the first page. If I pull an arbitrary > page directly from the PDF output, all of the non-note font > information goes kablooey, so I have to reenter all scripts, etc., > which is far too time-consuming in many cases. > > So, I guess my questions are these... > > 1. Is there a way to have all Lilypond fonts (feta, feta-alphabet, > etc.) available as PostScript fonts for Illustrator to use > "natively"? If so, where can I get these fonts, or the information on > how to convert the existing ones? > > 2. If #1 cannot be solved, is there a way to use ps2ps (or > equivalent) to split my Lilypond output file into separate PS pages? > Or maybe have Lilypond output each page as a separate file? > > 3. Is there a better solution than those I've suggested, to get what > I want/need? > > Thanks! > Kieren. > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user