Editing User talk:Jean Abou Samra (section)

== More fonts for the Wiki ==

Jean,

please have a look at the snippet [[Changing the default text font family]]: as can be seen, some font shapes for DejaVu Mono are missing.  Is it possible to get them added to the server that runs the Wiki?

BTW, the same holds for the [[UTF-8]] snippet, where Japanese is missing.
-- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 15:39, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

:Fixed. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 18:34, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks, but are you sure that the CJK font is working correctly?  I tried to modify the [[UTF-8]] snippet to trigger a re-rendering, but I still can't see any Japanese... -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 20:44, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Oops, indeed. But I don't understand why. On the server, <code>-dshow-available-fonts</code> does list "Noto Serif CJK JP". And curiously, if I remove all font settings and compile the code with different versions, it starts working between 2.25.12 and 2.25.13. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 23:49, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
::::Ah, I forgot that Google added Font Variation (VF) versions of the CJK fonts, and the various GNU/Linux distros eagerly took them to make the font bundles much smaller.  Older LilyPond versions cannot reject these fonts correctly.
::::For me it works with 2.24.4 if you use the font <code>[https://github.com/notofonts/noto-cjk/blob/main/Serif/OTF/Japanese/NotoSerifCJKjp-Regular.otf NotoSerifCJKjp-Regular.otf]</code> (probably also installing the [https://github.com/notofonts/noto-cjk/blob/main/Serif/OTF/Japanese/NotoSerifCJKjp-Bold.otf bold version] for completeness), and this font is found first. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 04:24, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::Thanks, I've added these fonts on the server as a workaround. The snippet now displays correctly. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 09:13, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
::::::Great, thanks! -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 10:50, 13 December 2025 (UTC)