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Any symbol that is typeset through fixed sets of glyphs, (i.e., fonts).
font-encoding
(symbol)- The font encoding is the broadest category for selecting a font. Currently, only lilypond's system fonts (Emmentaler and Aybabtu) are using this property. Available values are
fetaMusic
(Emmentaler),fetaBraces
(Aybabtu),fetaNumber
(Emmentaler), andfetaDynamic
(Emmentaler).font-family
(symbol)- The font family is the broadest category for selecting text fonts. Options include:
sans
,roman
.font-name
(string)- Specifies a file name (without extension) of the font to load. This setting overrides selection using
font-family
,font-series
andfont-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. Fractional values are allowed.
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, BalloonTextItem, BarLine, BarNumber, BassFigure, Beam, BreathingSign, ChordName, Clef, CombineTextScript, Custos, Dots, DoublePercentRepeat, DoublePercentRepeatCounter, DynamicText, DynamicTextSpanner, Fingering, FretBoard, HarmonicParenthesesItem, InstrumentName, InstrumentSwitch, KeyCancellation, KeySignature, LyricHyphen, LyricText, MensuralLigature, MetronomeMark, MultiMeasureRest, MultiMeasureRestNumber, MultiMeasureRestText, NonMusicalPaperColumn, NoteHead, NoteName, OctavateEight, OttavaBracket, PaperColumn, ParenthesesItem, PercentRepeat, PercentRepeatCounter, RehearsalMark, Rest, Script, SostenutoPedal, SpanBar, StanzaNumber, Stem, StringNumber, StrokeFinger, SustainPedal, SystemStartBrace, SystemStartBracket, SystemStartSquare, TabNoteHead, TextScript, TextSpanner, TimeSignature, TrillPitchAccidental, TrillPitchGroup, TrillPitchHead, TrillSpanner, TupletNumber, UnaCordaPedal, VaticanaLigature and VoltaBracket.