Re: set-global-font challenge in 2.26.0

Knute Snortum <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:50:38 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general
Message-ID <CALmeJxQYGTjfsqcpXj1Q8p+n+2J9DCbZ+SoL-e96GuvdT-X+1Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 7:20 AM [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I am still running into a problem, which is:
>
> Parsing...
>
> Interpreting music...[8][16][24][32][40][48][56]
>
> Preprocessing graphical objects...
>
> fatal error: cannot find font 'Lilyjazz-20' (search path:
> /Users/tim/Library/Application
> Support/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/lilypond-binaries/lilypond-2.26.0/share/lilypond/2.26.0/ly:/Users/tim/Library/Application
> Support/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/lilypond-binaries/lilypond-2.26.0/share/lilypond/2.26.0/ps:/Users/tim/Library/Application
> Support/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/lilypond-binaries/lilypond-2.26.0/share/lilypond/2.26.0/scm:/Users/tim/Library/Application
> Support/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/lilypond-binaries/lilypond-2.26.0/share/lilypond/2.26.0/fonts/otf/:/Users/tim/Library/Application
> Support/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/lilypond-binaries/lilypond-2.26.0/share/lilypond/2.26.0/fonts/svg/:)
>
> Exited with return code 1.
>
>
> Why is Lilypond looking for ‘Lilyjazz-20’ which does not exist and has
> never existed by that name?  I’ve used the existing Lilyjazz fonts for 15
> years or more with no problem until now.  Renaming the Lilyjazz font to
> ‘Lilyjazz-20’ throws up another error code:
>
>
> Parsing...
>
> Interpreting music...[8][16][24][32][40][48][56]
>
> Preprocessing graphical objects...
>
> programming error: FreeType error: SFNT font table missing
>
> continuing, cross fingers
>
> fatal error: cannot uncompress font table: LILC
>
> Exited with return code 1.
>

Can you post a MWE?  (Minimal Working Example, where "minimal" means as
small as possible and "working" means it compiles but shows the error.)

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Knute Snortum