A number of the fonts in the LilyPond /fonts directory are
.pfb instead of
.otf. FontForge can convert these
.pfb LilyPond fonts to
.otf.
- Go to sourceforge.
- download package
- unzip
- run package
- make sure X11 server is installed on machine; came preinstalled on MacBook under OS 10.5.4
- install package
- double click X11 server to start
- double-click FontForge application icon to start
- use FontForge's UI to browse to /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/share/lilypond/current/fonts/type1
- go here to figure out how to use fontforge's UI to convert
- for each .pfb: navigate to file, click OK to open, file > generate fonts > as .otf > click save
- click 'OK' if FontForge says there are problems
