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From: | Kieren Richard MacMillan |
Subject: | [somewhat-OT] tweaking Lilypond PS/PDF output in (e.g.) Illustrator |
Date: | Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:36:33 -0500 |
Hello, all!On many (especially time-sensitive) projects, I prefer to do my fine tweaks in Illustrator -- I find that fast tweaking directly in Lilypond is essentially impossible, given the multiple-try-and- compile-cycle process required for almost every tweak. [Fortunately, the basic Lilypond output is so great that the tweaks are minor and can be done quite quickly in Illustrator.]
Unfortunately, it's no simple job to get Illustrator to recognize my Lilypond output as "clean" PostScript! [Likely this is an Adobe problem, not you guys -- however, I'm stuck trying to find a workaround anyway, and would appreciate any assistance...]
On single-page scores, I can use ps2ps to convert, and that seems to leave a useable file (i.e., Illustrator reads it). However, on multi- page scores, it only reads the first page. If I pull an arbitrary page directly from the PDF output, all of the non-note font information goes kablooey, so I have to reenter all scripts, etc., which is far too time-consuming in many cases.
So, I guess my questions are these...1. Is there a way to have all Lilypond fonts (feta, feta-alphabet, etc.) available as PostScript fonts for Illustrator to use "natively"? If so, where can I get these fonts, or the information on how to convert the existing ones?
2. If #1 cannot be solved, is there a way to use ps2ps (or equivalent) to split my Lilypond output file into separate PS pages? Or maybe have Lilypond output each page as a separate file?
3. Is there a better solution than those I've suggested, to get what I want/need?
Thanks! Kieren.
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