I note that the full name for Vollkorn Condensed Regular is (according to Font Book) “Vollkorn,” which is the same as the full name for Vollkorn Regular. How does the style sheet distinguish between the two versions?
Stan On Nov 20, 2014, at 8:24 AM, tisimst <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm afraid I don't entirely understand your question... > > -Abraham > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> Hey, Abraham, cool! >> >> I think it is definitely something to try out for an alternative LilyPond >> style. >> Did you do that? If yes, how is the relation between automated scaling and >> manual decisions? >> >> Best >> Urs >> >> Am 20.11.2014 14:19, schrieb tisimst: >>> Urs, >>> >>> Not sure if this would be of any help to you, but here's a condensed >>> variant of the full Vollkorn family. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Abraham >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 16.11.2014 01:10, schrieb Noeck: >>>> >>>> > Hi Urs, >>>> > >>>> > you once asked for nice fonts which come in several »degrees of >>>> > boldness«. You chose Minion Pro, if I remember correctly. I just found >>>> > »Vollkorn« which comes in 8 type faces: http://vollkorn-typeface.com >>>> > I let you decide how you like it – I would say it is worth looking at. >>>> > >>>> > Cheers, >>>> > Joram >>>> > >>>> Hi Joram, >>>> >>>> Vollkorn is a good font, and I can imagine it works well with LilyPond >>>> (due to its inherent weight). >>>> But the main issue I am looking for is the combination of weights and a >>>> condensed variant. >>>> >>>> Having a condensed font is a huge benefit when trying to fit more music >>>> with lyrics on the page (because with LilyPond's default font lyrics >>>> generally need more horizontal space than the corresponding music. >>>> Minion Pro is extremely good because it also provides a nicely graded >>>> set of weights *onto* the condensed width. With that you can really >>>> fine-tune the appearance of all the different items like lyrics, >>>> barnumbers, textscripts etc. to form a consistent overall appearance >>>> with LilyPond's music. However, I'd still like to have a free >>>> alternative to that one for better usability. >>>> >>>> Recently I got a version of Linux Libertine that has been "condensed" by >>>> Abraham Lee, unfortunately I didn't have time to really test it so far. >>>> But this may actually be a good thing because I find Linux Libertine to >>>> be a very nice complement to LilyPond too. >>>> >>>> Best >>>> Urs >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> lilypond-user mailing list >>>> [hidden email] >>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>>> >>>> >>>> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion >>>> below: >>>> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Text-fonts-tp168738p168745.html >>>> To start a new topic under User, email [hidden email] >>>> To unsubscribe from Lilypond, click here. >>>> NAML >>> >>> >>> VollkornCondensed.zip (643K) Download Attachment >>> >>> View this message in context: Re: Text fonts >>> Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> [hidden email] >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> [hidden email] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> >> >> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion >> below: >> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Text-fonts-tp168738p168840.html >> To start a new topic under User, email [hidden email] >> To unsubscribe from Lilypond, click here. >> NAML > > View this message in context: Re: Text fonts > Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
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