From 42ea2453237f26974326c27a77b87da93cb6e1d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Polesky Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:29:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Issue 519: Warn about cross-platform font inconsistencies. --- Documentation/notation/text.itely | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/notation/text.itely b/Documentation/notation/text.itely index 89c82c7d21..98fb8b0191 100644 --- a/Documentation/notation/text.itely +++ b/Documentation/notation/text.itely @@ -1402,6 +1402,14 @@ Three families of text fonts are made available: the @emph{roman} @emph{sans} font and the monospaced @emph{typewriter} font -- these last two families are determined by the Pango installation. +@warning{There are no default fonts associated with the @emph{sans} +and @emph{typewriter} font-families. An input file that specifies +either of these can lead to different output on different computers. +To ensure consistent output among multiple platforms, fonts must be +specified by name, and those fonts must be available on any system +that processes the file. See @ref{Single entry fonts} and +@ref{Entire document fonts}.} + Each family may include different shapes and series. The following example demonstrates the ability to select alternate families, shapes, series and sizes. The value supplied to @code{font-size} is the -- 2.39.2