Dear typography enthusiasts on this list,

I have a question that is related to Samples of LilyPond Output with Sabon
Typeface
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2026-06/msg00136.html>
but separate.

In this article (Sabon - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabon>),
I read about many digital versions of Sabon, including:


   1. https://www.myfonts.com/collections/sabon-font-linotype
   2. https://www.myfonts.com/collections/sabon-paneuropean-font-linotype
   3. https://www.myfonts.com/collections/sabon-next-font-linotype
   4. https://www.myfonts.com/collections/sabon-etext-font-linotype
   5. https://www.myfonts.com/collections/sabon-font-monotype-imaging
   6. https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/fontsite/savoy

So many choices!

My main questions:


   - How would you choose among these options?
   - Is any of them obviously “best,” “better,” or “worse” for use in my
   LilyPond scores?

Context on my work:


   - Most of my scores use LilyPond’s default margins and default staff
   size. Paper size: US letter.
   - I use LilyPond’s default music font, Emmentaler.
   - Most users of my music read from hard copies, but a significant
   minority read PDFs from their iPads.

Thanks in advance for any input and guidance that you may have.

Gabriel

PS Tina and Michael, thank you for Scale font types (serif/sans/typewriter)
globally
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2026-06/msg00135.html>.
It may prove useful for me!

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