Federico,
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Federico Bruni [via Lilypond]
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hey Abraham, wonderful work!
>
> I didn't have the time to try your fonts so far. I'm trying now but I
> can't find any minimal example in the website. All I have to do is
> adding a proper \paper block or there's more?
> I see that the font is found by fontconfig but I'm getting this error:
>
> fatal error: cannot find font: `haydn-11'
>
> I'm using lilypond v2.19.15
You need to do two things:
1. Install the fonts in the correct LILYPOND font directory (NOT the
system font directory)--see my instructions on the main page at
fonts.openlilylib.org.
2. Use the following (minimal) syntax, for example, in your .ly file:
#(set-global-staff-size 16) % this MUST come PRIOR to defining the
fonts
\paper {
#(define fonts
(set-global-fonts
#:music "haydn"
#:brace "haydn"
#:factor (/ staff-height pt 20)
))
}
I thought I made that pretty clear on the website, but perhaps I did
not. I do make mistakes like that.
> BTW, why don't you make these fonts available through github's
> openlilylib?It would be easier to update and test.
That was the original intention, but after some discussion with Urs, we
felt that it would probably do better to have their own site to make it
seem more "professional".
See, it's more than just maintaining a font file because if you take
the font files and edit them in FontForge (or any other font editor),
then re-save them, they won't work with LilyPond because there is some
internal data that FontForge gets rid of when you open the good files.
I use a handful of build scripts that make the fonts work with
LilyPond, and I maintain them personally. I also update all the example
files that showcase the fonts on the website, so it is easier for me to
just do it that way. There is still a proposition to maintain the font
stylesheets on github's openlilylib repository, but I haven't gotten
there yet.
> If you want to encourage donations or bounties for your work:
> http://blog.bountysource.com/post/48954271533/improved-github-integration-automatically-update
>
That's very interesting! I've never heard of this... I'll definitely
have to think about that :)
Let me know if I can help in any other way and thanks for the feedback!
HTH,
Abraham
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