From dd11a394725f120316c874c104f595f34d8e08c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Han-Wen Nienhuys Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:04:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.texi | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.texi b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.texi index edf13796d6..6c4dba29b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.texi +++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.texi @@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ @unnumbered New features in 2.5 since 2.4 @itemize @bullet + +@item +LilyPond now optionally uses Pango and FontConfig for selecting and +rendering internationalized text. This is supported for backends other +than @TeX{}. A font may be selected by using a FontConfig name, + +@example +\override TextScript #'font-name = #"Serif" +@end example + +Input strings encoded in UTF-8 are then rendered properly through +Pango. + @item Metrics of blocks of text can be retrieved from (La)@TeX{} directly, using the @code{-f texstr} output backend. This provides exact metrics -- 2.39.5