4.8.1 Replacing the notation fonts in development versions

The instructions to install other notation fonts (see Replacing the notation fonts) 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.