Someone some time ago suggested this: OSFONTDIR="$TEXMFHOME/dummy_for_fonts" export OSFONTDIR put it in your .bashrc folder or whatever shell you are using and make an empty folder dummy_for_fonts in $TEXMFHOME. Hans van der Meer On 22 dec. 2013, at 09:14, Willi Egger wrote: > That is also one of the thoughts I had… > For an intermediate solution, where can I disable the searching of the os-fonts, ie.disabling the OSFONTDIR variable?