Issue 5166/1: Doc: Update default font description

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / notation / text.itely

diff --git a/Documentation/notation/text.itely b/Documentation/notation/text.itely
index 8d9c8fcc899aee783684b5813a2b05d2bf16d017..39e9d815c3af58b5cc6dd0fdb4225607495c2dc0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/notation/text.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/text.itely
@@ -1387,17 +1387,53 @@ left braces; right braces may be obtained by rotation, see
 @ref{Rotating objects}.
 
 Three families of text fonts are made available:
-@itemize
-@item
-The @emph{roman} (serif) font,
-which defaults to LilyPond Serif (an alias of TeX Gyre Schola).
-@item
-The @emph{sans} font,
-which defaults to LilyPond Sans Serif (an alias of TeX Gyre Heros).
-@item
-The @emph{typewriter} (monospaced) font,
-which defaults to LilyPond Monospace (an alias of TeX Gyre Cursor).
-@end itemize
+the @emph{roman} (serif) font,
+the @emph{sans} font, and the @emph{typewriter} font.
+
+For @code{svg} backend:
+@multitable @columnfractions .15 .30
+@headitem Family @tab Default font
+@item @emph{roman} @tab @code{serif}
+@item @emph{sans} @tab @code{sans-serif}
+@item @emph{typewriter} @tab @code{monospace}
+@end multitable
+
+@code{serif}, @code{sans-serif}, and @code{monospace} are
+@code{generic-family} in SVG and CSS specifications.
+
+For other backends:
+@multitable @columnfractions .15 .30 .55
+@headitem Family @tab Default font (alias) @tab Alias definition lists
+@item @emph{roman}
+@tab @code{LilyPond Serif}
+@tab
+TeX Gyre Schola,
+C059, Century SchoolBook URW, Century Schoolbook L,
+DejaVu Serif,
+..., serif
+@item @emph{sans}
+@tab @code{LilyPond Sans Serif}
+@tab
+TeX Gyre Heros,
+Nimbus Sans, Nimbus Sans L, DejaVu Sans,
+..., sans-serif
+@item @emph{typewriter}
+@tab @code{LilyPond Monospace}
+@tab
+TeX Gyre Cursor,
+Nimbus Mono PS, Nimbus Mono, Nimbus Mono L,
+DejaVu Sans Mono,
+..., monospace
+@end multitable
+
+@code{LilyPond Serif}, @code{LilyPond Sans Serif},
+and @code{LilyPond Monospace} are font aliases defined
+in the LilyPond dedicated FontConfig configuration file
+@code{00-lilypond-fonts.conf}.
+Where a character dosen't exist in the first font listed,
+the next font listed will be used instead for that character.
+For details of alias definitions, please see
+to @code{00-lilypond-fonts.conf} under the installed directory.
 
 Each family may include different shapes and series.  The following
 example demonstrates the ability to select alternate families, shapes,