font-interface

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

User settable properties:

font-encoding (symbol)

The font encoding is the broadest category for selecting a font. Options include: fetaMusic, fetaNumber, TeX-text, TeX-math, fetaBraces, fetaDynamic

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 override 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 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.

Internal properties:

font (font metric)

Cached font metric object

This grob interface is used in the following graphical objects: Accidental, AccidentalSuggestion, AmbitusAccidental, AmbitusLine, AmbitusNoteHead, Arpeggio, BalloonTextItem, BarLine, BarNumber, BassFigure, BreathingSign, ChordName, Clef, CombineTextScript, Custos, Dots, DoublePercentRepeat, DoublePercentRepeatCounter, DynamicText, DynamicTextSpanner, Fingering, FretBoard, InstrumentName, InstrumentSwitch, KeyCancellation, KeySignature, LyricHyphen, LyricText, MensuralLigature, MetronomeMark, MultiMeasureRest, MultiMeasureRestNumber, MultiMeasureRestText, NoteHead, NoteName, OctavateEight, OttavaBracket, 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