Re: Why searching fonts in xetex is so slow?

[Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 22:57, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>
>> Iwona? There are lines like
>>    \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Regular] [file:Iwona-Regular]
>> [features=default]
>> which means that it first searches on texmf tree, but I suspect that
>> math fonts are being searched via fontconfig first. The way font
>> searching is implemented now ([rm-iwonar] will look for
>> \font\something="rm-iwonar" instead of \font\something=rm-iwona =>
>> this means searching via fontconfig first; the font is not found
>> there, so it searches in texmf tree further) it is not possible to
>> convince ConTeXt to search in texmf tree first unless Hans changes
>> core macros (the part that has been broken for almost a year).
>
> broken?

Sorry, wrong tense. I meant "had been broken" (several years ago,
risky to touch again :).

Mojca
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