Re: Embedding lily pdfs in InDesign

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Trevor Bača wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have any experience successfully embedding lily pdf output
> in InDesign?
>
> I start by creating a new InDesign doc and then placing the
> lily-generated pdf in the InDesign doc. Just to test I then export as
> pdf, and the results are pretty bad. Staff lines, ledger lines, beams
> and hairpins show up fine; but all noteheads, accidentals, and text
> are missing. My conclusion is that all font elements are missing (the
> cheese fonts for the music elemen ts, and New Century Schoolbook for
> the text).

That's strange. Does it work when you install the LilyPond fonts into 
Windows/MacOS ?

> So is there anyone out there putting lily-generated pdfs into InDesign
> successfully?
>
> (I would prefer to keep everything in lily, but using any fonts in
> lily at all other than New Century Schoolbook causes explosions when I
> send the pdf to the printers.)

That's strange. What platform are you on? The lily and NCSB aren't any 
special.


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