Re: Reverting to the 2.13.46 font

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Xavier Scheuer" <address@hidden>
To: "Jon Toohill" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Reverting to the 2.13.46 font


> On 20 June 2011 16:11, Jon Toohill <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I noticed that since upgrading to 2.14, the default font for lyrics has
> > changed. I built both versions on Mac OSX 10.6.7, and compiled the same
> > input file for both. I tried editing font.scm to use "Century Schoolbook
> > L,serif" and rebuilding from source, to no avail. The typeface is still
> > ever so slightly different, and I think it looks distinctly worse than
> > the older versions. Am I choosing the wrong typeface? How can I revert
> > to the old font using Lilypond 2.14?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Jon Toohill
> >
> > Image: new font on right (2.14), old font on left (2.13.46). Note how
> > the serifs for the W and h don't line up in the new font, and the r and
> > y overlap one another.
> > http://i.imgur.com/yw6QH.png
>
> I'm not a font specialist but AFAICS the font on the left (i.e. 2.13.46)
> does not look like "New Century Schoolbook L" (much like a typewriter).
>
> So the 2.14 font on the right is the good, default font of LilyPond.
> You must have used another font for 2.13.46 or maybe there was a font
> problem in this specific version (maybe only on Mac OS X) that made
> LilyPond use another font than "New Century Schoolbook L".
> I don't recognize it though (as I said, I'm not a font specialist).
>
> Cheers,
> Xavier


I think Jon has mis-described his image.  From his description, I'd be 
pretty certain it's new font on left, old font on right.

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Phil Holmes