3.2.50 font-interface

Any symbol that is typeset through fixed sets of glyphs, (i.e., fonts).

User settable properties:

font-encoding (symbol)

The font encoding is the broadest category for selecting a font. Currently, only lilypond’s system fonts (Emmentaler) are using this property. Available values are fetaMusic (Emmentaler), fetaBraces, fetaText (Emmentaler).

font-family (symbol)

The font family is the broadest category for selecting text fonts. Options include: sans, roman.

font-features (list)

Opentype features.

font-name (string)

Specifies a file name (without extension) of the font to load. This setting overrides selection using font-family, font-series and font-shape.

font-series (symbol)

Select the series of a font. Choices include medium, bold, bold-narrow, etc.

font-shape (symbol)

Select the shape of a font. Choices include upright, italic, caps.

font-size (number)

The font size, compared to the ‘normal’ size. 0 is style-sheet’s normal size, -1 is smaller, +1 is bigger. Each step of 1 is approximately 12% larger; 6 steps are exactly a factor 2 larger. If the context property fontSize is set, its value is added to this before the glyph is printed. Fractional values are allowed.

Internal properties:

font (font metric)

A cached font metric object.

This grob interface is used in the following graphical object(s): Accidental, AccidentalCautionary, AccidentalSuggestion, AmbitusAccidental, AmbitusLine, AmbitusNoteHead, Arpeggio, BalloonText, BarLine, BarNumber, BassFigure, BendSpanner, BreathingSign, CaesuraScript, CenteredBarNumber, ChordName, Clef, ClefModifier, CodaMark, CombineTextScript, CueClef, CueEndClef, Custos, Divisio, Dots, DoublePercentRepeat, DoublePercentRepeatCounter, DoubleRepeatSlash, DurationLine, DynamicText, DynamicTextSpanner, Episema, Fingering, Flag, Footnote, FretBoard, GridChordName, HorizontalBracketText, InstrumentName, InstrumentSwitch, JumpScript, KeyCancellation, KeySignature, KievanLigature, LyricHyphen, LyricRepeatCount, LyricText, MeasureCounter, MeasureSpanner, MensuralLigature, MetronomeMark, MultiMeasureRest, MultiMeasureRestNumber, MultiMeasureRestScript, MultiMeasureRestText, NonMusicalPaperColumn, NoteHead, NoteName, OttavaBracket, PaperColumn, Parentheses, PercentRepeat, PercentRepeatCounter, RehearsalMark, Rest, Script, SectionLabel, SegnoMark, SignumRepetitionis, SostenutoPedal, SpanBar, StaffEllipsis, StanzaNumber, StringNumber, StrokeFinger, SustainPedal, SystemStartBrace, SystemStartBracket, SystemStartSquare, TabNoteHead, TextMark, TextScript, TextSpanner, TimeSignature, TrillPitchAccidental, TrillPitchHead, TrillPitchParentheses, TrillSpanner, TupletNumber, UnaCordaPedal, VaticanaLigature and VoltaBracket.


LilyPond – Internals Reference v2.24.4 (stable-branch).