font search path and subfolders

font search path and subfolders

[Jörg Weger]

In my Linux home folder I have the usual “~/.fonts/” folder in which I 
have put subfolders “~/.fonts/opentype/” and “~/.fonts/truetype/”. 
Inside those subfolders I would like font families to have their own 
subfolders. When I set the font search path by running

export 
OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts/opentype;$HOME/.fonts/truetype"

from the command line

followed by

mtxrun --script fonts --reload

only the fonts in the /truetype/ subfolders are recognised. This means I 
have to put all my opentype fonts directly into the /opentype/ folder. 
On Stackexchange I found a solution

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/209705/context-system-font-search-path 


which says that putting “//” after the folder made the search recursive,

but neither

export 
OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts/opentype//;$HOME/.fonts/truetype//"

nor

export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts//"

works for me.

What am I missing? (Typo maybe?)

Being able to put opentype font families into subfolders as well would 
be a great help to keep a clear view of all my fonts.

Greetings Jörg
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Re: font search path and subfolders

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/31/2015 1:40 PM, Jörg Weger wrote:

> Being able to put opentype font families into subfolders as well would
> be a great help to keep a clear view of all my fonts.

what OSFONTDIR paths get reported (the reported paths should show what 
gets scanned for what)

does

$HOME/.fonts//

work

Hans

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Re: font search path and subfolders

[Jörg Weger]

Do you mean reported by

mtxrun --expand-var OSFONTDIR

?

Jörg


On 31.01.2015 13:54, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 1/31/2015 1:40 PM, Jörg Weger wrote:
>
>> Being able to put opentype font families into subfolders as well would
>> be a great help to keep a clear view of all my fonts.
>
> what OSFONTDIR paths get reported (the reported paths should show what
> gets scanned for what)
>
> does
>
> $HOME/.fonts//
>
> work
>
> Hans
>
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Re: font search path and subfolders

[Pablo Rodriguez]

On 01/31/2015 01:40 PM, Jörg Weger wrote:
> In my Linux home folder I have the usual “~/.fonts/” folder in which I 
> have put subfolders “~/.fonts/opentype/” and “~/.fonts/truetype/”. 
> Inside those subfolders I would like font families to have their own 
> subfolders.
> [...]
> What am I missing? (Typo maybe?)

Hi Jörg,

it seems that // makes the search recursive.

And you have to force the font cache generation:

    mtxrun —script font —reload —force

I hope ith works,


Pablo
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Re: font search path and subfolders

[Jörg Weger]

I still get (while using subfolders in ~/.fonts/opentype/)


	!LuaTeX error: cannot find OpenType font file for reading ()
	 ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

	mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1


after having run


	export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts//"


and Pablo’s proposal


	mtxrun --script fonts --reload --force


although a lot happens after latter command.

Running


	mtxrun --script fonts --list --all


lists much more fonts now than before, but the PDF rendering still fails.

After I move the OTF files from the subfolders to the parentfolder 
~/.fonts/ and run


	mtxrun --script fonts --reload --force


again, the PDF just renders fine.

Any ideas?


Greetings Jörg


On 31.01.2015 16:05, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> On 01/31/2015 01:40 PM, Jörg Weger wrote:
>> In my Linux home folder I have the usual “~/.fonts/” folder in which I
>> have put subfolders “~/.fonts/opentype/” and “~/.fonts/truetype/”.
>> Inside those subfolders I would like font families to have their own
>> subfolders.
>> [...]
>> What am I missing? (Typo maybe?)
>
> Hi Jörg,
>
> it seems that // makes the search recursive.
>
> And you have to force the font cache generation:
>
>      mtxrun —script font —reload —force
>
> I hope ith works,
>
>
> Pablo
>
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Re: font search path and subfolders

[Pablo Rodriguez]

On 01/31/2015 05:35 PM, Jörg Weger wrote:
> I still get (while using subfolders in ~/.fonts/opentype/)
> 
>  	!LuaTeX error: cannot find OpenType font file for reading ()
> 	 ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> 
> 	mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1
>  
> after having run
> 
>  	export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts//"

Hi Jörg,

at least to avoid to run that again and again, I think you could add
that at last line of tex/setuptex.

BTW, do you have a  ~/.fonts/truetype/ directory? And does ConTeXt load
fonts from that directory without problems?

Could it be that you have an issue with permissions in the
~/.fonts/opentype/ directory?

What about creating a new directory with another name and moving your
fonts there?

I think it may be an issue with permissions.

Just in case it helps,


Pablo
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Re: font search path and subfolders

[Jörg Weger]

I tried to put the subfolders into a folder ~/fonts/ instead of 
~/.fonts/ – same result :-(

ls -la returns drwxr-xr-x  for ~/.fonts/ as well as for 
~/.fonts/opentype/ and ~/.fonts/truetype/

Greetings Jörg

On 31.01.2015 19:26, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> On 01/31/2015 05:35 PM, Jörg Weger wrote:
>> I still get (while using subfolders in ~/.fonts/opentype/)
>>
>>   	!LuaTeX error: cannot find OpenType font file for reading ()
>> 	 ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>>
>> 	mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1
>>
>> after having run
>>
>>   	export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts//"
>
> Hi Jörg,
>
> at least to avoid to run that again and again, I think you could add
> that at last line of tex/setuptex.
>
> BTW, do you have a  ~/.fonts/truetype/ directory? And does ConTeXt load
> fonts from that directory without problems?
>
> Could it be that you have an issue with permissions in the
> ~/.fonts/opentype/ directory?
>
> What about creating a new directory with another name and moving your
> fonts there?
>
> I think it may be an issue with permissions.
>
> Just in case it helps,
>
>
> Pablo
>
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Re: font search path and subfolders

[Jörg Weger]

Just did a complete reinstall and now the subfolders work. Also makes 
manual uninstall of fonts much more convenient.

Cheers Jörg

On 31.01.2015 21:07, Jörg Weger wrote:
> I tried to put the subfolders into a folder ~/fonts/ instead of
> ~/.fonts/ – same result :-(
>
> ls -la returns drwxr-xr-x  for ~/.fonts/ as well as for
> ~/.fonts/opentype/ and ~/.fonts/truetype/
>
> Greetings Jörg
>
> On 31.01.2015 19:26, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
>> On 01/31/2015 05:35 PM, Jörg Weger wrote:
>>> I still get (while using subfolders in ~/.fonts/opentype/)
>>>
>>>       !LuaTeX error: cannot find OpenType font file for reading ()
>>>      ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>>>
>>>     mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 1
>>>
>>> after having run
>>>
>>>       export OSFONTDIR="/usr/local/share/fonts//;$HOME/.fonts//"
>>
>> Hi Jörg,
>>
>> at least to avoid to run that again and again, I think you could add
>> that at last line of tex/setuptex.
>>
>> BTW, do you have a  ~/.fonts/truetype/ directory? And does ConTeXt load
>> fonts from that directory without problems?
>>
>> Could it be that you have an issue with permissions in the
>> ~/.fonts/opentype/ directory?
>>
>> What about creating a new directory with another name and moving your
>> fonts there?
>>
>> I think it may be an issue with permissions.
>>
>> Just in case it helps,
>>
>>
>> Pablo
>>
>
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