Hello list,
I have some difficulties understanding how to access the different
versions/weights/styles of external fonts (in markups mode). And I'm not
sure if this is a LilyPond or rather a documentation issue.
So before submitting a documentation suggestion I'd like to really
understand the issue.
I understand that I have to override the font-name property to access
external fonts.
For example
\override TextScript #'font-name = #"Arial"
or
\markup { \override #'(font-name . "Arial") ... }
What I'm not really clear about is how LilyPond accesses the different
variations of the fonts.
It seems that overriding font-series doesn't have an effect at all.
Instead I seem to have to specify the full font-name
So
\markup { \override #'(font-name . "Arial") \override
#'(font-series . bold) }
doesn't work, while
\markup { \override #'(font-name . "Arial Bold") ... }
does.
So if this is true (and not considered as a bug) I think there would be
the need for a documentation improvement.
To understand this topic I have another question: What is the correct
form of the font-name that has to be specified? Where does LilyPond look at?
I have a font family installed which has a great variety of fonts, lets
call it Minion Pro.
Let's say I want to use the Medium Condensed version, then how should I
know what name to use here?
In Scribus it is called "Medium Cond",
in OpenOffice "Med Cond",
Fontmatrix gives me
- "Medium Cond"
- Postscript name "MediumCn"
Nowhere I find "Medium Condensed", but this is the only one that works
with LilyPond.
Any ideas?
Best
Urs
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