Re: Q: metafont not being called unless i run xdvi

[Mats Bengtsson]

You have to build or download the Type1 version of the fonts, 
since that's what ly2dvi -p uses avoid the fuzzy looking
bitmapped fonts in the PDF files. 

Read 
http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/lilypond-user/2002-October/003014.html
for instructions on how to build and install the fonts. Han-Wen has at 
some occasion sent out instructions on how to download prebuilt fonts
from lilypond.org. Of course, all this should be clarified in the
installation instructions.

    /Mats


Quoting David Petrou <address@hidden>:

> > Did you compile and install Lilypond yourself or did you 
> > install from an RPM, .dpkg or ...?
> 
> i compiled and installed lilypond myself.
> 
> > What Linux distribution do you use?
> 
> SuSE 8.0
> 
> > Do you get the correct fonts if you call ly2dvi with the flags -p or
> > -P?
> 
> well, what i did originally do was call ly2dvi with the -p option.
> the order is the following:
> 
>   ly2dvi -p file.ly
>   acroread (or whatever) file.pdf
> 
> output: no note heads.
> 
>   gv file.ps
> 
> output: no note heads
> 
>   xdvi file.dvi
> 
> lots of output from metafont...  then i see the xdvi file with the
> note heads.
> 
>   ly2dvi -p file.ly (rerun)
> 
> now the pdf and ps look fine.
> 
> unless i change font size (paper16 or something).  then i need to
> rerun xdvi on the file.
> 
> make sense?
> 
> >    /Mats
> 
> thanks,
> david
>