Why those amusing font names?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I poked the sources and the documenation, but I didn't find what causes
> me sleepless nights :-)
> 
> Why are the fonts used by LilyPond named "feta" and "parmesan"?

:-)


When we started designing our font, we were thinking of a fitting name
that continued our previously set naming tradition.  Our font was very
beautifully proportioned, so of course we decided to name it after a
young lady in our orchestra that we deemed as beautifully proportioned
as the symbols.  We called it Feta, whic was an abbreviation of
"Font-en-Tja". The abbreviation also points to my deep love for good
food of all persuasions.

After a while, we realized that this was quite immature of us, and we
could not do this without the lady's permission.  So, from then on,
the font was called "Feta - definitely not an abbreviation of
Font-En-Tja" .

The cheese connotation stuck, and naming the ancient font after older
cheese, instead of an older lady, was a natural step.

> ps: *grumbel*, after writing this mail, I'm a little bit hungry. Probably
> I should get some pasta.

:)

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