[NTG-context] Re: OSFONTDIR

[Alan Braslau via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

Thomas,

I actually set OSFONTDIR=.
which seems to be a sane default. I store specific font files with 
projects (along with a copy of the ConTeXt distribution used to typeset 
the project). This way, I can come back to a project later and make 
minor corrections without running into surprises or the need to update 
my sources.

Alan



On 21/07/23 21/07/23, 16:43, Alan Braslau wrote:
> On 19/07/23 19/07/23, 22:51, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
>>> is looking for system fonts by default the new standard? Is it a good 
>>> idea?
>>>
>>> Thank you and all best
>> it is a tex live thing; you can just set that variable to nothing, in 
>> the environment or in a local file like in
>>
>> ../tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
>>
>> normally texmf-fonts is where i put fonts and that one should win
> 
> A TeX-live thing can be the default for TeX live.
> 
> I agree with Thomas, not explicitly including the system fonts by 
> default is preferable. Maybe the standalone installation still does this 
> - I hope so - but have not checked. If it defauts to including the 
> system fonts, I would suggest that this is not necessarily a good idea.
> 
> Alan
> 

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