Re: Cannot output Japanese from sakura-sakura.ly

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

IMAI Yuji wrote:
> Hello, users.
>
> I want to output Japanese lyrics from sakura-sakura.ly
> But could not. Output log as following:
>
> Layout output to `sakura-sakura.ps'...
> warning: don't know how to embed "MS-Gothic"="C:/WINDOWS/fonts/msgothic.ttc"
> Converting to `sakura-sakura.pdf'...
>
> Previous, I found "TTC file is not supported" in mailing 
> list archive. So, could I select other Japanese "TTF" file
> instead of "TTC" file?
>
> Thanks.

try adding

#(ly:font-config-display-fonts)
\override Lyrics . LyricText #'font-name = #"FAMILY-NAME"

to the \addlyrics {} section. This will show a list of fonts available 
in the log. Substitute FAMILY-NAME with another font containing CJK glyphs.

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