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Re: Lyric Ties (desperate)
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Aaron Dalton |
Subject: |
Re: Lyric Ties (desperate) |
Date: |
Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:43:31 -0600 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) |
Aaron Dalton wrote:
> I am preparing a series of typeset manuscripts for both formal
> publication and my thesis. I cannot do this until I figure out how to
> typeset lyric ties (http://huge-url/#Entering-lyrics). The problem, as
> the documentation states, is that you need a font that correctly encodes
> U+203F. What the documentation does not tell me is the following:
>
> 1) Is there a font included in the Lilypond package that does include
> this character?
>
> 2) If not, where exactly can I obtain such a font (such as the stated
> DejaVuLGC), or how would I even begin a hunt for such a font?
>
> 3) Once found, how do I install this font in the Lilypond hierarchy so
> that it is detected by the binary?
>
> 4) And finally, how to I tell Lilypond to use a particular font for all
> lyrics in an .ly file?
>
> The list archives simply turn up an exchange a long time back where
> PersonX asked the question, PersonY told him to install DejaVuLGC, and
> PersonX then said, Thanks! I've tried to contact PersonX and PersonY
> but have not received responses or bounce messages. I am desperate to
> get this working. I do *not* want to re-typeset all this music in some
> lame-trash software like Finale.
>
> I am indeed using v2.10.x. I normally use the FreeBSD package but also
> use it on Windows. (My Cygwin install segfaults though, btw.) I
> sincerely appreciate any guidance anyone can give me in solving this
> problem.
>
> Many thanks,
Here's a snippet to work with.
\version "2.10.0"
\relative c'{ \time 4/4 r4 f4 e d | c2 c | }
\addlyrics
{ Buon gior -- no~al mon -- do. }
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Aaron Dalton | Super Duper Games
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