I'm afraid I don't entirely understand your question...
-Abraham
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> On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond]
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>
> Hey, Abraham, cool!
>
> I think it is definitely something to try out for an alternative LilyPond
> style.
> Did you do that? If yes, how is the relation between automated scaling and
> manual decisions?
>
> Best
> Urs
>
> Am 20.11.2014 14:19, schrieb tisimst:
>> Urs,
>>
>> Not sure if this would be of any help to you, but here's a condensed variant
>> of the full Vollkorn family.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Abraham
>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] <[hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 16.11.2014 01:10, schrieb Noeck:
>>>
>>> > Hi Urs,
>>> >
>>> > you once asked for nice fonts which come in several »degrees of
>>> > boldness«. You chose Minion Pro, if I remember correctly. I just found
>>> > »Vollkorn« which comes in 8 type faces: http://vollkorn-typeface.com
>>> > I let you decide how you like it – I would say it is worth looking at.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Joram
>>> >
>>> Hi Joram,
>>>
>>> Vollkorn is a good font, and I can imagine it works well with LilyPond
>>> (due to its inherent weight).
>>> But the main issue I am looking for is the combination of weights and a
>>> condensed variant.
>>>
>>> Having a condensed font is a huge benefit when trying to fit more music
>>> with lyrics on the page (because with LilyPond's default font lyrics
>>> generally need more horizontal space than the corresponding music.
>>> Minion Pro is extremely good because it also provides a nicely graded
>>> set of weights *onto* the condensed width. With that you can really
>>> fine-tune the appearance of all the different items like lyrics,
>>> barnumbers, textscripts etc. to form a consistent overall appearance
>>> with LilyPond's music. However, I'd still like to have a free
>>> alternative to that one for better usability.
>>>
>>> Recently I got a version of Linux Libertine that has been "condensed" by
>>> Abraham Lee, unfortunately I didn't have time to really test it so far.
>>> But this may actually be a good thing because I find Linux Libertine to
>>> be a very nice complement to LilyPond too.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Urs
>>>
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