Re: Issue 519 in lilypond: platform-dependent embedding of fonts

[lilypond]

Comment #10 on issue 519 by address@hidden: platform-dependent  
embedding of fonts
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=519

Adding text to lilypond files can be done exactly, namely by asking for a  
font using its real, complete font name.  However, using aliases like  
`sans' inevitably maps to different fonts on different platforms.  BTW,  
browsers do the same.

My conclusion is that this is a documentation issue: We should state in the  
docs that if you want to make a .ly file processed by LilyPond result in  
identical PDFs on any platform, you need *exact* font names, avoiding any  
aliases.