Re: Using #(define fonts) gives me an ill-looking feta font

[David Rogers]

* James Lowe <address@hidden> [2011-03-09 07:13]:

> Hello,
>
> I am using Mac OS X (in case that matters) and I am having an issue where
> using the following construct in a \paper block:
>
> myStaffSize = #24
>  #(define fonts
>      (make-pango-font-tree "Baskerville"
>                            "Optima"
>                            "Courier"
>                              (/ myStaffSize 24)))
>
>
> --
>
> Gives me 'ugly' instances of the feta font.
>
> See attached pngs (left side is without this construct)
>
> As you can see the 'church rests' don't touch the staff lines and the
> heads and stems are 'spindly'.
>
> I'd like to define the 3 font types instead of having to use overrides,
> but the 'myStaffSize' is something I just copied verbatim from the NR. I
> don't actually know what it does but I cannot just remove it as I get
> compile errors.
>
> My files use a #(set-global-staff-size 24) so I thought it might be
> related, but changing the value either in this global-staff-size or in the
> myStaffSize does nothing.

Try removing (or commenting out) your global-staff-size setting. I think
that the myStaffSize and the global-staff-size conflict with each other,
even if they are set to the same value.

--
David