Re: LilyPond and FontForge

>> I would really appreciate someone explaining how to generate these >> tables using FontForge. thanks! I've just updated `mf/README' in the git repository with an even more detailed description of the conversion process. Werner ___

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

Thank you, Werner! That's exactly the information I was looking for. Since I only modified a few glyphs, manual adjustment is fine. -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

> I would really appreciate someone explaining how to generate these > tables using FontForge. thanks! (0) Please read `mf/README'. For better readability of log files created by METAFONT I suggest that you (temporarily) set max_print_line=1000 in your environment. (1) A run of

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

Thank you, Andrew. Clearly, your answer makes sense if I anticipate doing a lot of font customization. However, I've already made the font modifications I want in FontForge; they're quite small and I don't want to learn a different approach to make minor tweaks. One of my changes is to semibreves,

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

Hello Fasola, I may be wrong, but I thought Emmentaler is defined using Metafont, which is very powerful and very sophisticated. I am not aware that you can edit the glyphs with a font design tool. I use custom fonts heavily in my work with New Complexity School scores. You define the

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

I may be having the same problem. I'm using FontForge to make adjustments to the shapenote note heads in emmentaler so they are more readable. This involves changing the width of some symbols. When I generate my custom version of emmentaler, some of the note heads don't line up with the stems.

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

tisimst wrote > Glad to hear you got something working! Congrats! There are a lot of > nuances you should be aware of. It's not as cut-and-dry as it appears, but > getting something working at all is half the battle. > > I'm curious to know how you used TTX to accomplish the task. I can see how >

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

Hi, foxfanfare! On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:02 PM, foxfanfare wrote: > foxfanfare wrote > Werner LEMBERG wrote > Hmm, I can't help here. No problem. I'll continue > my investigations! Thx! > > Finally! I did solve this problem and succeed to make modifications in the > fonts.

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

> 1) what is the lilypond's pipeline you're refering to? Is this an >easier way than using FontForge? The *.mf files in lilypond/mf are converted to proto Type 1 code using the script `mf2pt1' (which in turn calls METAPOST instead of METAFONT for creating PostScript code). Processing the

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

Werner LEMBERG wrote > This is expected. The three tables are specific to lilypond; they are > simple text files put into SFNT tables – if you add or modify fonts > you probably have to update this information also in case you are > directly editing the fonts with FontForge instead of using

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

foxfanfare wrote > Werner LEMBERG wrote> Hmm, I can't help here.No problem. I'll continue my > investigations!Thx! Finally! I did solve this problem and succeed to make modifications in the fonts. Werner did directed me in the good direction, and it needed the use of TTX.But ...*ouch ... what a

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

Werner LEMBERG wrote > Hmm, I can't help here. No problem. I'll continue my investigations! Thx! -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

> Unfortunately, it still isn't working. After saving all the > different sized fonts using the same method you showed in video, if > you then copy the new fonts in LilyPond font folder and call for > them, you'd get an ugly output (as LP can't access the correct > glyphs), and also the error

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

Thank you both for your reply and especially the video! Unfortunately, it still isn't working. After saving all the different sized fonts using the same method you showed in video, if you then copy the new fonts in LilyPond font folder and call for them, you'd get an ugly output (as LP can't

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

On 5/10/2018 10:15 AM, foxfanfare wrote: SoundsFromSound wrote Sorry, but I don't see those errors when I use v8.20 on my Windows 10 machine. I was able to generate an OTF without issues. I saved the OTF font on my Desktop. Maybe there is a problem with your fonts? Thank you anyway for

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

On 5/10/2018 10:15 AM, foxfanfare wrote: SoundsFromSound wrote Sorry, but I don't see those errors when I use v8.20 on my Windows 10 machine. I was able to generate an OTF without issues. I saved the OTF font on my Desktop. Maybe there is a problem with your fonts? Thank you anyway for

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

> I'm using FontForge version 08:20 on Windows 10. I just open the > emmentaler-20.otf and try to export it again without any changes, > and it shows several errors: > > - If I choose to review the errors, it shows: > All of those

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

SoundsFromSound wrote > Sorry, but I don't see those errors when I use v8.20 on my Windows 10 > machine. I was able to generate an OTF without issues. > > I saved the OTF font on my Desktop. Maybe there is a problem with your > fonts? Thank you anyway for testing! I just tried on another

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

On 5/10/2018 8:39 AM, foxfanfare wrote: I'm using FontForge version 08:20 on Windows 10. I just open the emmentaler-20.otf and try to export it again without any changes, and it shows several errors: - When I choose "Generate Fonts":

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

I'm using FontForge version 08:20 on Windows 10. I just open the emmentaler-20.otf and try to export it again without any changes, and it shows several errors: - When I choose "Generate Fonts": "The font contains error / missing

Re: LilyPond and FontForge

On 5/10/2018 5:39 AM, foxfanfare wrote: Hi everyone, I'm trying to modify some glyphs in the emmentaler font and make a "custom" font which will fits better my tastes. I am using FontForge for this but cannot understand how the font table is working. If I open the default emmentaler and try

RE: LilyPond and FontForge

Andrew Bernard wrote > Hello foxfanfare,Have you looked at Abraham Lee's superb lilypond > fonts?https://www.musictypefoundry.com/I realise that this does not answer > your question, but perhaps you may findthe hard work already done. What > are you attempting to produce?Andrew Yes I did! It is

RE: LilyPond and FontForge

Hello foxfanfare, Have you looked at Abraham Lee's superb lilypond fonts? https://www.musictypefoundry.com/ I realise that this does not answer your question, but perhaps you may find the hard work already done. What are you attempting to produce? Andrew -Original Message- From: