Hello Jeff,
It’s simpler that that:
\version "2.20.0"
\paper {
#(define fonts
(set-global-fonts
#:music "lilyjazz"
#:brace "lilyjazz"
#:roman "lilyjazz-text"
#:sans "lilyjazz-chord"
#:factor (/ staff-height pt 20)
))
}
\score {
\new Staff {
c'4 c'
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020, Jeff Knox wrote:
2) I copied and pasted the .ily files into separate text files (couldn't see
any way to download or install them directly from GitHub)
Obvious: Click on the button on the Git page "clone or download" -->
"download zip" and you get all the files?
an
Thanks guys, it's beginning to make a little more sense now.
My script is here:
%%
\include "lilyjazz.ily"
\score {
\new Staff {
\jazzOn
c'4 c' \tuplet 3/2 { d'8-- es'-- e'-- } g'4 ~ |
g'4 r r8 f'-^ \noBeam es' c'-> \bar "|."
}
}
\version "2.20.0" % necessary
I keep an old version of LilyPond with the lilyjazz fonts in it in the
/Applications folder, and copy the latter to new versions with this script:
menu@macbookprojm: ~/Documents/PartitionsLilypond > cat
InstallLilyJazzFontsForLilyPond.bash
#!/bin/bash
set -x
cd /Applications
ls
LilyPondWith
Hello Jeff and Robin,
Here is what I have in the /Application folder, and lilyjazz is found by
LilyPond:
LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf:
C059-BdIta.otf emmentaler-14.otf lilyjazz-26.otf
C059-Bold.otf emmentaler-16
Jeff Knox wrote:
I chose these locations because the error message i get on compiling a
simple .ly file gives them as "search paths" (among others). Obviously, the
wrong locations as I get a message: "cannot find file: 'lily jazz.ily"
Somewhere near the start of your .ly file you should have
Hello All:
I recently installed LilyPond 2.20.0 and it seems to be working well with
the default font. However, I'd like to use the lily jazz and chord fonts
and style sheet and have downloaded the .otf files and .ily files to do so
... but where do they go?
I put the otf files here:
Applica