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Single entry fonts

Any font that is installed on the operating system and recognized by FontConfig may be used in a score, using the following syntax:

     
     \override Staff.TimeSignature #'font-name = #"Charter"
     \override Staff.TimeSignature #'font-size = #2
     \time 3/4
     
     a1_\markup {
       \override #'(font-name . "Vera Bold")
         { Vera Bold }
     }

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The following command displays a list of all available fonts on the operating system:

lilypond -dshow-available-fonts x

The last argument of the command can be anything, but has to be present.

See also

Notation Reference: Fonts explained, Entire document fonts.

Snippets: Text.

Installed files: lily/font-config-scheme.cc.

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