Re: Overly large text font size issue

[Michael Gerdau]

> I doubt this is a problem with LilyPond per se — possibly trouble lies
> within my environment — but lately I've encountered something very
> strange: font size for text has exploded when I compile LilyPond files
> that used to look fine in the past using the very same LilyPond version.

[snip]

> In case you're wondering, I'm running a Gentoo GNU/Linux system.

I was about to suggest you are running on Linux - I've never seen this problem on Windows or macOS :)

I've had this very same problem some 1-2 years ago. For me the source had been upgrades/messing with fonts and font related SW on my system.

I no longer recall the exact details but I'm sure I had posted how I had solved this to the list. Off the top of my head I'd say it was some incompatible package that some instructions claim is required. That advice was correct about two years ago but since then has been superceded as being obsolete and in some cases counterproductive. But as I said, I don't recall the details.

I also recall that this problem appears every now and then. Therefor you should be able to find several posts dealing with this and possibly solutions in the list archives.

Kind regards,
Michael