········· > The answer from a SE question has provided a little light: > > http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/274582/2148 > > Directories listed in OSFONTDIR are not recursively scanned for font > files. That answer applies to kpse which Context isn’t using for path scanning. In fact, with the beta 2015.11.19 19:13 I get: $ OSFONTDIR=~/.fonts mtxrun --script fonts --reload … fonts | names | identifying system font files with suffix 'otf' fonts | names | 'OSFONTDIR' specifies path '/home/phg/.fonts' fonts | names | globbing path '/home/phg/.fonts/**.otf' fonts | names | identifying system font files with suffix 'OTF' fonts | names | globbing path '/home/phg/.fonts/**.OTF' fonts | names | 468 system files identified, 155 skipped, 155 duplicates, 313 hash entries added, runtime 3.186 seconds … The fonts are indexed accordingly: $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --file SourceSansPro-Regular.otf resolvers | trees | analyzing 'home:texmf' sourcesanspro normal normal normal normal sourcesansproregular /home/phg/.fonts/OTF/adobe-source/SourceSansPro-Regular.otf conflict: regular And Context will resolve those fonts, initially. However, the font can’t be found at definition time and later for embedding: $ context fnt.tex … fonts > otf loading > loading '/home/phg/.fonts/OTF/adobe-source/SourceSansPro-Regular.otf', hash 'sourcesanspro-regular' … fonts > otf loading > loading done fonts > otf loading > saving '/home/phg/.fonts/OTF/adobe-source/SourceSansPro-Regular.otf' in cache system > lua > compiling '/home/phg/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/fonts/otl/sourcesanspro-regular.tma' into '/home/phg/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/fonts/otl/sourcesanspro-regular.tmc' system > lua > dumping '/home/phg/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/fonts/otl/sourcesanspro-regular.tma' into '/home/phg/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/fonts/otl/sourcesanspro-regular.tmc' stripped fonts > otf loading > loading, optimizing, packing and caching time 0.569 fonts > defining > source file 'SourceSansPro-Regular.otf' is not found … close source > 2 > 3 > /tmp/ctx/fnt.tex close source > 1 > 3 > /home/phg/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv !LuaTeX error: cannot find OpenType font file for reading () ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Log attached. Bug? Best, Philipp