> Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:59:03 +0200 > From: Valentin Villenave <v.villen...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Creating a font usable in Finale and Sibelius > Programs > To: Josh Nichols <josh.d.nich...@gmail.com> > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Message-ID: > <eefe316d0909141459heb4d693o9b64e94e1e159...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Josh Nichols <josh.d.nich...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I really enjoy the look and feel of the LilyPond Feta > font, but I would like > > to use it in programs that can use other fonts like > Sibelius. > > This question has been asked a number of times (including > by yourself ;-) > see for instance > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-10/msg00762.html > > > I would really like to make this available and > continue the excellence that > > LilyPond and Feta font have created, minus the complex > language and > > programming necessary to make it happen. > > IMNSHO, this is Not A Good Idea (tm). > The Feta font is only a tiny tiny part of what makes > LilyPond > "excellent". And the Lily language really is not so > complex.
Even so, that's no reason to abstain from making the Feta font available/usable in Sibelius/Finale. > > When I started using LilyPond, I was writing an opera and I > already > had engraved about 200 pages in Sibelius. Then I met > LilyPond. > > - For a while I tried to continue using Sibelius and > importing the > Feta font (just like you). That didn't work. Why not? If it's just a matter of matching the staff line weights to the font, as was mentioned in another email, that seems trivial. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
