Re: Fonts for text

[Thomas Morley]

Am So., 26. Apr. 2020 um 10:32 Uhr schrieb Jinsong Zhao
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> On 2020/4/26 16:09, Thomas Morley wrote:
> > Am So., 26. Apr. 2020 um 09:36 Uhr schrieb Jinsong Zhao
> > <address@hidden>:
> >
> >> The "," trigger the magic. However, I do not find the document about it.
> >> Maybe I am in a wrong way.
> >
> > In
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.20/Documentation/notation/fonts#single-entry-fonts
> > there's:
> > "font-name can be described using a comma-separated list of ‘fonts’
> > and a white-space separated list of ‘styles’."
> > below a snippet demonstrating it.
> > Probably overly concise...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >    Harm
> >
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Yes, it's too concise.
>
> Does it mean, in the string "Times New Roman", "Times" is interpreted as
> font name, and "New Roman" is regarded as styles of the font, and,
> "Times New Roman," is regarded as a whole, and the "style" is omitted?
>
> If there are no "Times", then "Times New Roman" will be treated as a
> font name. Am I right?
>
> Best,
> Jinsong

Well, I'm not an expert wrt fonts.
I wrote what I remember from some discussion a while back.

Maybe somebody with more knowledge can comment.


Cheers,
  Harm