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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: System fonts not loading
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:38:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <553DE787.6080608@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150426215730.GA23801@trystero>

On 4/26/2015 11:57 PM, Mica Semrick wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I seem to be having some trouble getting the system fonts to load from
> my Debian Jessie system.
>
> I'm using:
>
> mica@box:~/Working$ context -version
>
> mtx-context     | ConTeXt Process Management 0.61
> mtx-context     |
> mtx-context     | main context file:
> /home/mica/.context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv
> mtx-context     | current version: 2015.04.18 14:41
>
> and OSFONTDIR is set and all the fonts I want to use are in ~/.fonts:
>
> mica@box:~/Working$ echo $OSFONTDIR
> /home/mica/.fonts/
>
> Usually when I run into font problems or add a new font, I run:
>
> fc-cache -fv
> mtxrun --generate
> context --make
>
> This has worked for some time, however now it will not. Consider the
> following:
>
> \definefontfamily [junction] [rm] [Junction Regular]
> \definefontfamily [junction] [mm] [Latin Modern Math]
>
> \setupbodyfont[junction]
>
> \starttext
>
> \input ward \bf \input ward
> \tf \input ward \bf \input ward
> \stoptext
>
> which results in a pdf with Latin Modern.
>
> mtxrun --script fonts --list --all doesn't seem to be seeing the OS
> fonts, but sees all of ConTeXt's fonts. However, fc-list : family (which
> will list all the system fonts known by fc-cache) shows all the fonts as
> available.

mtxrun --script --reload -force

normally this is run automatically (in a fast mode) but there can be 
cases where it needs a full scan esp when fonts are moved.

Hans

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-04-27  7:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-26 21:57 Mica Semrick
2015-04-27  7:38 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2015-04-28  5:31   ` Mica Semrick

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