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90% for counters and 80% for side bearings. I felt like the letters were spaced too widely when I kept the side bearings at 90%. -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Text-fonts-tp168738p168853.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

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Looks good, tyronicus! Thanks for sharing that. What settings did you use? -Abraham Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:46 AM, tyronicus [via Lilypond] > wrote: > > I have no idea what I'm doing (just downloaded FontForge for the first time), > but I tried some more relaxed settings

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I have no idea what I'm doing (just downloaded FontForge for the first time), but I tried some more relaxed settings and was really happy with the output. Vollkorn-Compressed2.otf lipsum.pdf

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nd lyrics, and maybe in a document with narrow columns where you'd expect a condensed font. Thanks anyway Urs I think that's clearer, isnt it? Urs Yes, thanks for clarifying :) Regards, Abraham -------- View this me

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e yet, only on a document with continuous text > (where it may not be so appropriate in the first place), and the result *is* > quite noticeable. > However, I'll have to test it as LilyPond lyrics, and maybe in a document > with narrow columns where you'd expect a condensed fo

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rs I think that's clearer, isnt it? Urs Yes, thanks for clarifying :) Regards, Abraham ------------ View this message in context: Re: Text fonts <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Text-fonts-tp168738p168847.html> Sen

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Urs, On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Urs Liska [via Lilypond] wrote: > > Am 20.11.2014 15:24, schrieb tisimst: >> I'm afraid I don't entirely understand your question... > > 1) > Did you produce the condensed set? Yes. > 2) > If so, did you design the glyph shapes individually or through >

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;> 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 tha

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p (643K) Download Attachment <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/attachment/168839/0/VollkornCondensed.zip> ---- View this message in context: Re: Text fonts <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Text-fonts-tp168738p168839.h

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"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

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very nice complement to LilyPond too. >>> >>> Best >>> Urs >>> >>> ___________ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> [hidden email] >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-u

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adcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> VollkornCondensed.zip (643K) Download Attachment <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/attachment/168839/0/VollkornCondensed.zip> ------

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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] wrote: > > Am 16.11.2014 01:10, schrieb Noeck: > > > Hi Urs, > > > > you once asked for nice fonts whic

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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

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> How and when does Lilypond/fontconfig scan for new fonts? At startup, lilypond adds its own font directories to the list of directories already controlled by fontconfig. This is even controllable by the end user with ly:font-config-add-directory and ly:font-config-add-font in case you want to

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> I'm using a font all the time in LaTeX (Adobe's Frutiger) that I > select in my LaTeX documents with > > \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{pfr} > > Can I make this font selectable in Lilypond, and if so, how would I do > it? You must put your fonts (PFB, TTF, OTF, etc.) into a directory searched by F