Re: Problem with a font

David Kastrup wrote > It may be that the "prescribed" music font here similarly is a > same-purpose clone of something saner in which case a replacement will > quite likely go unnoticed anyway. In this very special case there is an unparalleled mismatch between upper and lower case letters: The up

Re: Problem with a font

Walter Garcia-Fontes writes: > * Simon Albrecht, simon.albre...@mail.de [06/04/18 10:53]: >> Why not use a similar, but better, font without telling them? Maybe >> they won’t notice, or if they will, maybe it will be a positive >> reaction, or if not, you have good arguments at hand for telling t

Re: Problem with a font

Walter Garcia-Fontes writes: > * Andrew Bernard, andrew.bern...@gmail.com [06/04/18 04:35]: >> >> If you need to find a proper fonts, I'd be very happy to assist you to >> locate something that is similar to the one you have to work with. Can you >> convince the customer to use something better?

Re: Problem with a font

Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote > [...] but her bosses are stubborn to use that one, which is used in > schools here in Spain, and so they are used to it. Hi Walter, Everything Andrew said is exactly how I feel about it. But I can see the point that Escolar is intended for didactic use (hence the name

Re: Problem with a font

Hi Walter, 2018-04-06 9:49 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : > * Torsten Hämmerle, torsten.haemme...@web.de [05/04/18 20:48]: >> A missing bold font can be emulated by printing the stencil several times >> (slightly shifted) - like in Don E. Knuth's "poor man's bold" (TeX). >> >> If you get stuck

Re: Problem with a font

* Simon Albrecht, simon.albre...@mail.de [06/04/18 10:53]: > Why not use a similar, but better, font without telling them? Maybe they > won’t notice, or if they will, maybe it will be a positive reaction, or if > not, you have good arguments at hand for telling them why your alternative > is better

Re: Problem with a font

Hi Walter, If you must use that font for educational purposes in Spain, here is a page that has a normal version and a black (negra) of Escolar, which as far as I can see is the same font. http://www.edu.xunta.gal/centros/ceipfrions/es/node/101 You may want more black than this, but the contrast

Re: Problem with a font

On 06.04.2018 07:21, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote: I already showed her different alternatives, that we found around for hand writing fonts, both free and commercial, but her bosses are stubborn to use that one, which is used in schools here in Spain, and so they are used to it. Why not use a sim

Re: Problem with a font

* Torsten Hämmerle, torsten.haemme...@web.de [05/04/18 20:48]: > A missing bold font can be emulated by printing the stencil several times > (slightly shifted) - like in Don E. Knuth's "poor man's bold" (TeX). > > If you get stuck, don't hesitate to ask. OK, here is an ugly solution (font experts

Re: Problem with a font

* Andrew Bernard, andrew.bern...@gmail.com [06/04/18 04:35]: > Are you required by your customer or client to use this exact font? There > are so many things wrong with it typographically it's hard to know where to > start. > > If you need a childlike cursive script, font, there are thousands avai

Re: Problem with a font

Hi Walter, Are you required by your customer or client to use this exact font? There are so many things wrong with it typographically it's hard to know where to start. If you need a childlike cursive script, font, there are thousands available that are built professionally with proper fonr metric

Re: Problem with a font

Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote > I take the homework to try to code a snippet that would "bold" the > font. That must be harder, not that I not find hard the above code. Hi Walter, Just a hint: A missing bold font can be emulated by printing the stencil several times (slightly shifted) - like in Don

Re: Problem with a font

Thanks a lot Torsten. I got such great responses, that I think it is worth it to finish this thread with a short summary. The problem arose with a font which can be downloaded from here: http://www.edu.xunta.gal/centros/ceipfrions/system/files/u1/Escolar_2_Negra.zip This is a handwriting font.

Re: Problem with a font

Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote > I get an error in your code for "slanting" the font: [...] Hi Walter, The ly:stencil-outline command did not exist in 2.18.2 yet. Here's a downgraded version of \slanted: % BEGIN OF SNIPPET #(define-markup-command (slanted layout props arg) (markup?) #:cate

Re: Problem with a font

On 03.04.2018 17:30, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote: Just a question, sorry if it is obvious, what do you mean by "typographic apostrophes/quotation marks"? Wikipedia is very good on that topic: Best, Simon

Re: Problem with a font

2018-04-03 18:31 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : > I get an error in your code for "slanting" the font: > > Parsing...letras.ly:18:5: > In expression (ly:stencil-outline (ly:stencil-scale # # ...) stencil): > letras.ly:18:5: Unbound variable: ly:stencil-outline Ah yes, it's not available in 2.18

Re: Problem with a font

> Subject: Re: Problem with a font > 2018-04-03 17:30 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : > > > Just a question, sorry if it is obvious, what do you mean by > > "typographic apostrophes/quotation marks"? > > > > -- > > Walter Garcia-Fontes >

Re: Problem with a font

* Thomas Morley, thomasmorle...@gmail.com [03/04/18 17:40]: > > Just a question, sorry if it is obvious, what do you mean by > > "typographic apostrophes/quotation marks"? > > > > > > Probably: ‘ or ’ > > As for italic you may try Torsten's markup-command `slanted' from: > http://lilypond.1069

Re: Problem with a font

Am 03.04.2018 um 17:30 schrieb Walter Garcia-Fontes: * Abraham Lee, tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com [03/04/18 17:23]: Hi, Walter! I took at a look at the internals of the font and you're not seeing anything unintended (unfortunately). The single ASCII apostrophe is set abnormally low compared to mo

Re: Problem with a font

2018-04-03 17:30 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : > * Abraham Lee, tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com [03/04/18 17:23]: >> Hi, Walter! >> I took at a look at the internals of the font and you're not seeing >> anything unintended (unfortunately). The single ASCII apostrophe is set >> abnormally low compared

Re: Problem with a font

* Abraham Lee, tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com [03/04/18 17:23]: > Hi, Walter! > I took at a look at the internals of the font and you're not seeing > anything unintended (unfortunately). The single ASCII apostrophe is set > abnormally low compared to most any other font out there, which is why it > loo

Re: Problem with a font

Hi, Walter! On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote: > * Thomas Morley, thomasmorle...@gmail.com [03/04/18 16:50]: > > Thanks, works now, although it was a little more difficult to install > > than usual, for unknown reason. > > I'm not an expert for fonts, so all I say here i

Re: Problem with a font

* Thomas Morley, thomasmorle...@gmail.com [03/04/18 16:50]: > Thanks, works now, although it was a little more difficult to install > than usual, for unknown reason. > I'm not an expert for fonts, so all I say here is by hearsay or simply > guessing. > > That said, regarding the images you provid

Re: Problem with a font

2018-04-03 15:51 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : > * Thomas Morley, thomasmorle...@gmail.com [03/04/18 15:44]: >> Hi, >> >> 2018-04-02 20:10 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : >> > I have a problem using this font: >> > >> > http://puna.upf.edu/Escolar_N.ttf >> >> this link is dead... > > Sorry, it

Re: Problem with a font

* Thomas Morley, thomasmorle...@gmail.com [03/04/18 15:44]: > Hi, > > 2018-04-02 20:10 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : > > I have a problem using this font: > > > > http://puna.upf.edu/Escolar_N.ttf > > this link is dead... Sorry, it is: http://puna.upf.edu/Escolar_N.TTF -- Walter Garcia-Fon

Re: Problem with a font

Hi, 2018-04-02 20:10 GMT+02:00 Walter Garcia-Fontes : > I have a problem using this font: > > http://puna.upf.edu/Escolar_N.ttf this link is dead... Cheers, Harm ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/lis

Problem with a font

I have a problem using this font: http://puna.upf.edu/Escolar_N.ttf For instance: \version "2.18.2" \paper { #(define fonts (make-pango-font-tree "Escolar2" "Escolar2" "Escolar2" (/ staff-height pt 20))) } \markup{This is showing the problem '} The apostro