I just found it in Frescobaldi. This is what is displayed:

Garamond Premr Pro Disp

So! That means that the best method is to display the fonts and find their
naming using a search function. I managed to get it to work! Thanks for the
lead!
--
Josh


On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 1:17 PM Abraham Lee <tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey!
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 11:05 AM Joshua Nichols <josh.d.nich...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm in MacOS. I completely forgot about that function. How do I check
>> that?
>> --
>> Josh
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 12:52 PM Abraham Lee <tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Josh!
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 10:32 AM Joshua Nichols <josh.d.nich...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 22:12:52 -0400
>>>>> From: Ben <soundsfromso...@gmail.com>
>>>>> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: Using various weights and widths of fonts
>>>>> Message-ID: <cb400bb1-f626-c328-2c00-3b244658b...@gmail.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/2/2018 9:50 PM, Joshua Nichols wrote:
>>>>> > I guess it would be helpful that when I try to call:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     \override #'(font-name . "Garamond Premier Pro Display")
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I cannot get the override, and thus the font reverts to sans. I have
>>>>> > the font installed on my system, so I know it's not an issue of the
>>>>> > font being installed. Perhaps this helps.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > Josh
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:40 PM Joshua Nichols
>>>>> > <josh.d.nich...@gmail.com <mailto:josh.d.nich...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     Hello all!
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     I am trying to use different variants of Garamond Premier,
>>>>> >     especially the Display weight and Narrow Widths. at any moment's
>>>>> >     notice. I seem to be able to do it for some of them, but not
>>>>> >     others. In particular, I'll use the narrow variant of Minion Pro
>>>>> >     for lyrics by calling:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >         \override LyricFont.font-name = "Minion Pro Cond"
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     in \layout{}. But, when I want to change just a single instance
>>>>> of
>>>>> >     the font in, let's say, a \markup{}, I can't find a way to do it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     I'm sure I'll eat my shoe, but I'd appreciate the help here.
>>>>> Thank
>>>>> >     you in advance.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >     --
>>>>> >     Josh
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> You could use this technique perhaps...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/change-the-font-for-all-markups-td171730.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Depends I guess on how you setup your document fonts and how many
>>>>> markups you are wishing to change (all/one)...
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this help?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The problem I am still having is getting pango or lilypond to recognize
>>>> the variant widths and weights of these pro line fonts. as soon as I use
>>>> \override #'(font-name . "Garamond Premier Pro Display") nothing happens.
>>>> It reverts to sans.
>>>>
>>>> Does this help clarify? So it's still not working. :(
>>>>
>>>
>>> What OS are you on? I know it’s a bit overwhelming, but have you checked
>>> to see what font names show up with the show-available-fonts option? This
>>> may help narrow down why it can’t be found by Pango. With as complex as the
>>> Garamond Pro family is, it’s possible that Pango isn’t parsing the font
>>> metadata correctly (or maybe the metadata itself isn’t formed correctly) to
>>> identify that specific variant.
>>>
>>
> I’m not at a computer to confirm the exact syntax, but it’s a command line
> option “-dshow-available-fonts”. If you’re using Frescobaldi, there’s a
> menu option for it under “Tools” I think.
>
> Best,
> Abraham
>
>>
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