Re: Using fonts installed on the system

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Klaus,

On 29.10.2015 23:04, Klaus Blum wrote:
> Hi fellow LilyPonders,
>
> has there recently been a change in how LilyPond can access fonts that are
> installed on the system?
> I'm on Windows 7...
>
> When compiling this:
> % --------------------------------------------------------------------
> \markup {"Arr.: " \override #'(font-name . "Wingdings") "{ Font Test" }
> \markup {"Arr.: " \override #'(font-name . "Arial") "{ Font Test" }
> \markup {"Arr.: " \override #'(font-name . "Times New Roman") "{ Font Test"
> }
> \markup {"Arr.: " \override #'(font-name . "Comic Sans MS") "{ Font Test" }
> % --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> up to LP 2.19.25 I got this result:
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n182919/Zwischenablage01.gif>
>
> Obviously, Times New Roman didn't show up and was replaced by the standard
> Sans font. The other three fonts worked well.
>
> With 2.19.29 and 2.19.30 I get this:
> <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/file/n182919/Zwischenablage02.gif>
> It seems that "Wingdings" cannot be accessed anymore.
>
> Some system fonts are available to LilyPond while others are not.
> Can anybody help me what's happening here?

There has been <http://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4591/> to 
fix an issue with Times New Roman.
I can’t confirm the issue you’re having right now, since I work on Ubuntu.

Yours, Simon