Re: Ghostscript 9.15

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 25.03.2015 um 07:50 schrieb David Kastrup:
>>> So that’s probably a matter of the font, not of its style - not every
>>> >font defines ligatures, and the name „TakaoPGothic“ tells me its main
>>> >focus would be Japanese (is this true?), so the designers probably
>>> >didn’t put so much work in features of Latin script.
>>> >
>>> >Would you care to try a different font?
>> Well, why would the sans-serif font be TakaoPGothic in the first place?
>> I think we should be using the same default fonts on every installation.
>>
> We don't use any particular font for sans-serif and
> monospace. LilyPond simply calls the OS's default here.
> Which is something I'd like to raise (once more?): Would it be an
> option to find suitable complementing fonts here, ship them with
> LilyPond and make them the default?

As first measure we should just use one of the 11 or so standard
PostScript fonts.  Probably Helvetica and Courier for sans serif and
monospace, respectively.

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David Kastrup