Re: ghostscript 9.56.1 in lilypond 2.23.14 no longer finds font Helvetica-Bold, but gs in 2.22.1 did

[Timothy Lanfear]

On 07/11/2022 07:02, Jean Abou Samra wrote:

> Le
>       07/11/2022 à 05:39, Jeff Olson a écrit :
>       
> >         
> >         Jean, please help me understand what this implies.  The above
> >         lilypond-devel thread basically ends with Harm's statement that
> >         
> >         
> >             It is no longer possible to specify fonts like above.
> >         
> >            
> >         https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2022-04/msg00018.html
> >         
> >         
> >         The font specification he says is "no longer possible" is
> >         exactly like my case: \postscript "/Arial-Bold findfont", so he
> >         suggests not using \postscript.   And the thread he references
> >         ends with Jonas' reply about how lilypond's ghostscript is
> >         different than others:
> >         
> >         
> >             Not quite, our Ghostscript is stripped down to not include
> >         unnecessary
> >         
> >             stuff and that is not prepared for users doing stuff with
> >         \postscript.
> >         
> >         
> >         Do the above responses mean there's no way to use fonts within
> >         lilypond's \postscript feature anymore?
> >         
> >         
> >       
>     
    Could it be sufficient to install the full Ghostscript and set the
    environment variable GS_FONTPATH to point to that Ghostscript
    version's font directory? (e.g. export
    GS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/fonts). The LilyPond Ghostscript will then
    search that directory.
-- 
Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.