Changing the default text font family
The default font families for text can be overridden.
%{ You may have to install additional fonts. Red Hat Fedora dejavu-fonts-all Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu fonts-dejavu-core fonts-dejavu-extra %} \paper { %{ run lilypond -dshow-available-fonts to show all fonts available in the process log. %} property-defaults.fonts.serif = "DejaVu Serif" property-defaults.fonts.sans = "DejaVu Sans" property-defaults.fonts.typewriter = "DejaVu Sans Mono" } { g'''4^\markup { DejaVu Serif: \bold bold \italic italic \italic \bold { bold italic } } g4_\markup { \override #'(font-family . sans) { DejaVu Sans: \bold bold \italic italic \italic \bold { bold italic } } } g''2^\markup { \override #'(font-family . typewriter) { DejaVu Sans Mono: \bold bold \italic italic \italic \bold { bold italic } } } }