Editing Ancient fonts

This snippets shows many of the symbols contained in the Emmentaler font that are used by LilyPond for typesetting ancient notation.

<lilypond version="2.24">
m = { c1 e f ges cis' \bar "||" }

\markup \with-true-dimensions % work around a cropping issue
\score {
  \new VaticanaVoice {
    \clef "vaticana-fa2"
    \key es \major
    \textMark \markup \rounded-box "Vaticana clefs, custos and note heads"

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum
    <>^"vaticana.punctum" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.inclinatum
    <>^"vaticana.inclinatum" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.quilisma
    <>^"vaticana.quilisma" \m

    \clef "vaticana-fa1"
    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.plica
    <>^"vaticana.plica" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.reverse.plica
    <>^"vaticana.reverse.plica" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.punctum.cavum
    <>^"vaticana.punctum.cavum" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.lpes
    <>^"vaticana.punctum.lpes" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.upes
    <>^"vaticana.punctum.upes" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.vupes
    <>^"vaticana.punctum.vupes" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.linea.punctum
    <>^"vaticana.punctum.linea" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.epiphonus
    <>^"vaticana.punctum.epiphonus" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'vaticana.cephalicus
    <>^"vaticana.punctum.cephalicus" \m

    \break

    \textMark \markup \rounded-box "Medicaea clefs, custos and note heads"
    \set VaticanaStaff.alterationGlyphs =
      #alteration-medicaea-glyph-name-alist
    \override VaticanaStaff.Custos.style = #'medicaea

    \clef "medicaea-fa2"
    \override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.punctum
    <>^"medicaea.punctum" \m

    \clef "medicaea-do2"
    \override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.inclinatum
    <>^"medicaea.inclinatum" \m

    \override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.virga
    <>^"medicaea.virga" \m

    \clef "medicaea-fa1"
    \override NoteHead.style = #'medicaea.rvirga
    <>^"medicaea.rvirga" \m

    \break

    \textMark \markup \rounded-box "Hufnagel clefs, custos and note heads"
    \set Staff.alterationGlyphs =
      #alteration-hufnagel-glyph-name-alist
    \override VaticanaStaff.Custos.style = #'hufnagel
    \clef "hufnagel-fa2"

    \break

    \override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.punctum
    <>^"hufnagel.punctum" \m

    \clef "hufnagel-do2"
    \override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.lpes
    <>^"hufnagel.lpes" \m

    \clef "hufnagel-do-fa"
    \override NoteHead.style = #'hufnagel.virga
    <>^"hufnagel.virga" \m
  }

  \layout {
    % Compensate `\with-true-dimensions` for PDF output.
    line-width = 159\mm

    \context {
      \Score
      \override TextScript.font-size = #-2
      \override TextMark.break-align-symbols = #'(left-edge clef staff-bar)
      \override TextMark.padding = 4
      \omit BarNumber
    }
    \context {
      \VaticanaStaff
      alterationGlyphs =
        #alteration-vaticana-glyph-name-alist
    }
  }
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Ancient notation]]
[[Category:Symbols and glyphs]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
[[Category:Snippet]]