Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes: >> >>> AFAICS, the only limitation is that an ordinary text font with a >>> family name 'music' cannot be used. >> >> No :-) unlike what its name suggests, the `font-family` property is >> a family symbol, not a font string (yes, it's another misnamed thing >> in font handling). The `font-family` values recognized by default >> are `'roman`, `'sans` and `'typewriter`. Nothing prevents you from >> doing > > Ah. Well, this makes the issue even more straightforward. > >> The practical impact of the change is mostly a syntax modification >> that is not easy to convert-ly (the removal of `\text`, which should >> be replaced with `\roman`, `\sans` or `\typewriter` depending on the >> case). > > We could make `\text` a no-op (it's rather seldom used, I reckon) and > `convert-ly` emit a warning.
A default conversion of \text to \roman would likely match more than 90% of the current uses. -- David Kastrup
