4.8.1 Replacing the notation fonts in development versions ¶

The instructions to install other notation fonts (see Replacing the notation font) are slightly different if you call the lilypond binary directly from the build directory: instead of using a version directory name X.Y.Z in the path, you have to use current – LilyPond supports this special case to avoid re-installation in case you are updating the git repository, or if you are testing patches.

Assuming that you have compiled LilyPond in directory ~/lilybuild/, additional font files should go into ~/lilybuild/out/share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf/ (this is usually a soft link to directory ~/lilybuild/mf/out/). Note, however, that you have to repeat the installation of additional notation fonts after calling make clean (and a subsequent make), since this operation removes all out/ subdirectories.