Re: Installing custom font for Lilypond

[Marc Hohl]

Am 09.04.2011 04:50, schrieb Aleksandr Andreev:
> Hello folks,
>
> Basically, I'm trying to create a library of Lilypond scores with some of my
> collaborators and I'd like to automate the process. I've installed Lilypond on
> my server and I've allowed each user to drop Lilypond source files via a Perl
> script. The script then calls Lilypond and voila, a PDF, PNG and MIDI all 
> appear.
>
> However, much of the music we're working with is Russian Orthodox chant and so
> it is in Church Slavonic. Thus, I'm trying to install a custom font on the
> server to properly render the Slavonic characters. Within the Lilypond source,
> the user sets the desired font name.
>
> I've placed the font into the /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/Resource/Font/ folder
> and then I've modified the Fontmap.GS file in
> /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/Resource/Init/ folder. However, Lilypond still does
> not use the font.
You can check the list of fonts known to lilypond via

lilypond -dshow-available-fonts

If your font isn't listed there, lilypond will not find it.

Normally, you don't have to move the font into a special directory,
just install it system-wide, and it should work out of the box, IIRC.

HTH,

Marc


> Is there something else I need to modify? Do I also need to place the font in
> the /usr/share/lilypond/current/fonts/ folder?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
>
>
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