Re: strange result for escaping "\" with other font-name

[Masamichi HOSODA]

>>>>>> trying to escape "\" in a string leads to strange results, for some
>>>>>> font-names.
>>>>>> Example below was ok with 2.18.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> \version "2.19.26"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> \markup \override #'(font-name . "Times New Roman") "\\<==what?"
>>>>> The displayed font is definitely not `Times New Roman'.  It seems
>>>> that
>>>>> the font substituted by FontConfig is a CJK font using half-width
>>>>> glyphs, and there it sometimes happens that the `\' slot gets
>>>> replaced
>>>>> with the Yen sign `¥', for compatibility with ancient Japanese
>>>>> practice.
>>>>>
>>>> Agreed, so far.
>>>>
>>>>> I think there is nothing to be done here, since it displays a font
>>>>> problem (or bug).
>>>>>
>>>> Though, if 2.18.2 displays nicely (and it does), I'd tend to think
>>>> something on our part causes this misbehahiour.
>>>> (Ofcourse "Times New Roman" _is_ installed)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>  Harm
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>>> Would you show us both 2.18.2 and 2.19.26 results of following command?
>>>
>>> $ FC_DEBUG=1 lilypond --verbose fonts-test-01.ly > result.txt 2>&1
>>>
>> Will do in the evening. Have to run for my rl job :(
>> _______________________________________________
> Here:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9nZ5LHV2Ds6alctWXZYQXd2Tms/view?usp=sharing
> 
> and
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9nZ5LHV2Ds6SnRFYXJYQ0E0UlE/view?usp=sharing
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> NB: I didn't change the 'version' statement in the LP file when I
> compiled it with 2.18.2 in case that adds noise to the output.
> 
> James
> 
> PS I am using Linux Mint latest (whatever that is - I lose track!)

In James's results, both lilypond's fontconfig
seem to have substitute settings.
So both results show that DejaVu Sans is selected.

However, both fontconfig is requested "Times New" font,
instead of "Times New Roman".