Re: What to use to edit output after the fact?

[Kris Shaffer]

I frequently use Illustrator as a post-Lilypond editor for musical  
graphics for theory handouts or papers, and I just use the PDF files which  
Lilypond outputs.  The only issue I've run into (on Lilypond 2.6.x and  
Illustrator CS 2, Mac OS 10.3.8), aside from the fact that you can only  
edit one page of your document in Illustrator, is fonts.  You'll need the  
Lilypond OpenType fonts installed system-wide, but even so, some manual  
font assignment is necessary in Illustrator.  To do this, open the PDF in  
Illustrator, go to "Find Font..." in the "Type" menu.  Under "Fonts in  
Document:" you'll likely see a few fonts in <> brackets, without the black  
& green double-O font icon after them.  All of those are font names from  
the Lilypond file which Illustrator could not find in the system fonts.   
For example, my Lilypond files typically include "<CenturySchL Roma*>".   
Select that under "Fonts in Document:", then after "Replace With Font  
From:" select "System", and highlight "Century Schoolbook" in the list,  
then click "Change All."  Once I've performed this process until all  
bracketed fonts are gone from "Fonts in Document" I'm good to go.  (Any  
"Feta" or "PFAEmmentalier" fonts should be replaced by the corresponding  
"Emmentalier" fonts.  Unlike the regular text fonts, the names of these  
fonts will still be in brackets, but once the replacement is done, there  
will be "<Emmentalier x>" followed by the double-O font icon under "Fonts  
in Document."  The double-O icon is the key that you have an existing  
system font in the document.)

I hope this helps.  I've always had success with Lilypond + Illustrator on  
Mac, and find that combination to be a great asset, so I hope you're able  
to get it to work.

--
Kris Shaffer
graduate student in music theory, Yale University
co-editor-in-chief for music theory, AmSteg.org
www.shaffermusic.com


On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:50:14 -0300, <address@hidden> wrote:

> I've been using Lilypond to do all the homework for my composition  
> class.  Of course, I was happy with a lot of the output, so I deleted  
> the source files.  (Yeah, yeah, I know, never delete anything...)  Now I  
> find that I want to change the file, so I thought I'd just edit the  
> postscript output.  I have a copy of Illustrator to use, but when I open  
> the files, I only see some of the details, mostly just staff lines and a  
> few notes here and there...
>
> I have the most recent version of Illustrator and I'm not getting any  
> errors when I open the file, so I'm a bit confused.  Does Lilypond  
> output "standard" postscript?  Is there a better program to edit the  
> output files with?
>
> Thanks...
> Doug
>
>
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