Re: Embedding lily pdfs in InDesign

[andrea valle]

This sure doesn't help you, but just to report an experience...
I embedded something more than 100 lily pdf files in ConTeXt, then 
rendered with pdftex, having no problem at all (I filled in an A0 
page).

-a-


On 26 Aug 2006, at 10:55, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> 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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Andrea Valle
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