Re: NoteHead.glyph-name

Lukas-Fabian Moser via Discussions on LilyPond development <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 09:03:18 +0200
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Hi Werner,

Am 12.05.26 um 06:27 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
>> 1) It seems to me it would be reasonable to change the meaning of
>>     the glyph-name property for NoteHead grobs such that it *always*
>>     (as long as we use the default stencil routines) carries the
>>     actual glyph name in the font.  I'm aware that this might
>>     potentially break user code, but in its current state, the
>>     glyph-name property for NoteHeads is probably not terribly
>>     useful, and its meaning contradicts the explanation in the
>>     internals reference.  ("The glyph name within the font.  In the
>>     context of (span) bar lines, glyph-name represents a processed
>>     form of glyph, where decisions about line breaking, etc., are
>>     already taken.")
> Agreed.  Please file an issue. :-)

Thanks!

https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/work_items/6935

Lukas