Fonts

Bard brings along the default font files so that output is rendered consistently on all systems.

The font files are stored in the output/fonts directory. These files are used by TeX when generating PDF files, but once the PDF file is generated, it no longer needs to refer to the fonts directory – you can distribute just the PDF file.

The HTML output, on the other hand, links to these files, so it is needed to distribute the fonts directory along with the HTML file, such as when uploading it onto the web.

By default, the Droid Serif font is used to display all text except chords and Noto Sans is used to display chords so that they are more distinguished from lyrics.

Using sans font everywhere

To use sans font for everything, use the sans_font setting in the output section in bard.toml:

[[output]]
file = "songbook.pdf"
sans_font = true

This works for the HTML output as well.

PDF font size

The default TeX template uses the 12pt font size. To use a different size, configure the font_size variable in the output section in bard.toml:

[[output]]
file = "songbook.pdf"
font_size = 11

This only applies to the PDF output. Please note that TeX classes usually support only specific font sizes. The default template supports the following sizes: 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20, 25, 30, 36, 48, and 60.

The HTML file doesn’t set a specific font size and instead relies on the default font size used by the browser.