/lilyjazz

LilyJazz font package for Lilypond

Primary LanguageLilyPondMIT LicenseMIT

lilyjazz: LilyJazz font package for lilypond

This package provides the LilyJazz open-source font for lilypond.

Original code by Torsten Hämmerle and Abraham Lee. For more information on producing Jazz lead sheets with Lilypond, checkout Abraham's blog post.

Installation

Install using lyp:

$ lyp install lilyjazz

Usage

\require "lilyjazz"

\layout {
  \context {
    \Score \jazzOn
  }
}

\markup { \override #'(font-name . "LilyJAZZ Text") "Some markup" }

For more details see the included example.

Another example is a "real book" style setting of "All Of Me".

Compatibility with Lilypond versions

This font is known to work in Lilypond version 2.18.2 or later.