Re: kerning/ligatures in opentype fonts

[Alexander Kobel]

On 01/16/2014 12:02 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> > Does the font handling in Lilypond know about ligatures in opentype fonts?
>
> I don’t believe so… one of the many typographical features Lilypond lacks.

It should, AFAIK.

> > Using the same font
>
> p.s. What font is that? It’s lovely.

I assume it's Cronos <http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/cronos/>, since 
that's what you mentioned in a former mail explaining your house style 
sheet.

> > Another question: why has the Umlaut over the "u" gone wrong in lilypond's 
> > output?
>
> Please give your code — I’ve never had diacritical markings go wrong like that.

Agreed.

Could this stem from the fact that you're using the Typekit Sync to get 
the font (see, I remember that, too...) I have no idea how exactly it 
works, and which environment you use; but if they want to protect the 
font from being copied out of your box, I can imagine that the font is 
changed in a subtle way such that Ligatures are off their default 
position or whatever...
Also, try the same code with the default Century font. This should 
explain whether Lily or your font/Typekit is to blame...


HTH,
Alexander