We'd already started to discuss this, and I'd be happy to continue on that track (for all: it was awesome to engrave a score with five different fonts).
If you haven't worked in a different direction in the meantime I'd still say that openlilylib is the suitable place for that. Even more after the current reorganization has been completed. Best Urs On 9. Juli 2014 13:56:48 MESZ, SoundsFromSound <soundsfromso...@gmail.com> wrote: >tisimst wrote >> Greetings, All! >> >> I have worked out a very nice way to switch between notation fonts in >> LilyPond, both on a global document level and a local usage level. Up >> until now, there were only a couple of music fonts available that >were >> really usable on a professional level: >/ >> Emmentaler >/ >> (the default, built-in font) and >/ >> Gonville >/ >> . There are also >/ >> LilyJAZZ >/ >> and >/ >> Bravura >/ >> (a SMuFL-compliant font), but they require some serious hacks to >make >> them work and they have trouble with even some basic notation >elements >> (like tempo markings, arpeggios, etc.). >> >> I am pleased to announce that I have several new music fonts, both in >OTF >> and SVG formats, that I'd like people to be able to use, but this >requires >> a patch to a single file, so anyone wanting to patch the file can do >it >> with little effort. It makes using other fonts as easy as putting a >single >> "\include" statement at the top of a .ly file. I use them all the >time, >> but I really want to share with the community that has shared so much >with >> me. >* >> My question is this: >/ >> Is anyone interested in this? >/* >> >> I know that the notation font is a small part of the way a score >looks, >> but I think we can all recall a time when a score just didn't look >that >> good and it was because of the notation elements, not just the score >> layout. >> >> And, just so you know, I have LilyJAZZ (including all the latest and >> greatest efforts for chords and a bunch of missing articulations, >> characters, etc.) and Bravura (my version is called >/ >> Profondo >/ >> , for OFL licensing reasons) working perfectly as alternate music >fonts. >> In addition, these all provide access to all the ancient notation >glyphs >> as well, so nothing is lost (except for Gonville, which I haven't >taken >> the time to update at all). >> >> I eagerly await your responses! >> >> Happily Engraving, >> Abraham > >I'm certainly interested in hearing more about this! > > > >----- >composer | sound designer >LilyPond Tutorials (for beginners) --> http://bit.ly/bcl-lilypond >-- >View this message in context: >http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Question-for-all-LilyPond-users-especially-power-users-tp164178p164183.html >Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >_______________________________________________ >lilypond-user mailing list >lilypond-user@gnu.org >https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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