Re: Global Font Change?

[Bernardo Barros]

very useful command. is this documented?

2010/8/28 Christopher Meredith <address@hidden>:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 27 August 2010 02:00, Christopher Meredith <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've done a lot of searching but am still having some trouble.
>>> Basically, I want to globally change the text render font from Century
>>> Schoolbook to a different serif font. The font I want to use is a
>>> system-installed OTF font and it is working, except I can't get
>>> italics to work. I have tried the following methods:
>>>
>>> 1. Setting make-pango-font-tree in the \paper section of the .ly file
>>> 2. Changing font.scm
>>> 3. Overriding the font at every occurrence
>>>
>>> In each of these instances, the new font is rendered, except for
>>> italics. Is there something I am forgetting?
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Maybe your font has another name for italic : something like
>> "My Font Name Italic" for example.
>> Have you checked your font does not have several entries, by running
>>
>>  lilypond -dshow-available-fonts x
>>
>> and looking for your font name?
>
> Thanks, that did help. It revealed that for whatever reason, the font
> I was trying to use didn't have an italics form. I switched to a
> different font and now all is working as expected. Thanks!
>
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