I frequently use Illustrator as a post-Lilypond editor for musical
graphics for theory handouts or papers, and I just use the PDF files which
Lilypond outputs. The only issue I've run into (on Lilypond 2.6.x and
Illustrator CS 2, Mac OS 10.3.8), aside from the fact that you can only
edit one page of your document in Illustrator, is fonts. You'll need the
Lilypond OpenType fonts installed system-wide, but even so, some manual
font assignment is necessary in Illustrator. To do this, open the PDF in
Illustrator, go to "Find Font..." in the "Type" menu. Under "Fonts in
Document:" you'll likely see a few fonts in <> brackets, without the black
& green double-O font icon after them. All of those are font names from
the Lilypond file which Illustrator could not find in the system fonts.
For example, my Lilypond files typically include "<CenturySchL Roma*>".
Select that under "Fonts in Document:", then after "Replace With Font
From:" select "System", and highlight "Century Schoolbook" in the list,
then click "Change All." Once I've performed this process until all
bracketed fonts are gone from "Fonts in Document" I'm good to go. (Any
"Feta" or "PFAEmmentalier" fonts should be replaced by the corresponding
"Emmentalier" fonts. Unlike the regular text fonts, the names of these
fonts will still be in brackets, but once the replacement is done, there
will be "<Emmentalier x>" followed by the double-O font icon under "Fonts
in Document." The double-O icon is the key that you have an existing
system font in the document.)
I hope this helps. I've always had success with Lilypond + Illustrator on
Mac, and find that combination to be a great asset, so I hope you're able
to get it to work.
--
Kris Shaffer
graduate student in music theory, Yale University
co-editor-in-chief for music theory, AmSteg.org
www.shaffermusic.com
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:50:14 -0300, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been using Lilypond to do all the homework for my composition
class. Of course, I was happy with a lot of the output, so I deleted
the source files. (Yeah, yeah, I know, never delete anything...) Now I
find that I want to change the file, so I thought I'd just edit the
postscript output. I have a copy of Illustrator to use, but when I open
the files, I only see some of the details, mostly just staff lines and a
few notes here and there...
I have the most recent version of Illustrator and I'm not getting any
errors when I open the file, so I'm a bit confused. Does Lilypond
output "standard" postscript? Is there a better program to edit the
output files with?
Thanks...
Doug
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