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font-interface

Any symbol that is typeset through fixed sets of glyphs, (ie. fonts)

User settable properties:
font-encoding (symbol)
The font encoding is the broadest category for selecting a font. Options include: music, number, text, math, braces, dynamic
font-family (symbol)
The font family is the broadest category for selecting text fonts. Options include: sans, roman
font-magnification (number)
Magnification of the font, when it is selected with font-name.
font-name (string)
Specifies a file name (without extension) of the font to load. This setting override selection using font-family, font-series and font-shape.
font-series (symbol)
Select the series of a font. Choices include medium, bold, bold-narrow, etc.
font-shape (symbol)
Select the shape of a font. Choices include upright, italic, caps.
font-size (number)
The font size, compared the `normal' size. 0 is style-sheet's normal size, -1 is smaller, +1 is bigger. Each step of 1 is approximately 12% larger, 6 steps are exactly a factor 2 larger. Fractional values are allowed.
Internal properties:
font (font metric)
Cached font metric object

This grob interface is used in the following graphical objects: Accidental, Ambitus, Arpeggio, BarLine, BarNumber, BassFigure, BreathingSign, ChordName, Clef, CombineTextScript, Custos, Dots, DoublePercentRepeat, DynamicText, Fingering, InstrumentName, KeySignature, LyricText, MensuralLigature, MetronomeMark, MultiMeasureRest, MultiMeasureRestNumber, MultiMeasureRestText, NoteHead, NoteName, OctavateEight, OttavaBracket, PercentRepeat, RehearsalMark, Rest, Script, SostenutoPedal, SpanBar, StanzaNumber, Stem, SustainPedal, SystemStartBrace, TabNoteHead, TextScript, TextSpanner, TimeSignature, TupletBracket, UnaCordaPedal, VaticanaLigature, VocalName and VoltaBracket

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