Re: how to get markup formatting to survive a font-name change

[Kieren MacMillan]

Abraham,

> The \paper block should look like this (and this should be below any 
> #(set-global-staff-size ...) because that resets the "fonts" variable and you 
> need to add to it):
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> \paper {
>   #(add-pango-fonts fonts 'minion "Minion Pro" (/ staff-height pt 20))
>   bookTitleMarkup = ##f
>   scoreTitleMarkup = \markup {
>     \override #'(font-family . 'minion)
>     \fromproperty #'header:title
>   }
> }
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> Now, the font choice should propagate through to the \italic command.

This is fabulous! Thanks. It also propagates through \bold, with is wonderful.
But my family (Crimson Text) has bold and semibold variants — can I have access 
to both?

Thanks,
Kieren.
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