Re: Why does Pandoc fail to create a PDF for certain fonts, but works for other fonts with otherwise the same command?

[Craig Parker <craigp-UzRat0APdLvLPIzirxu/xA@public.gmane.org>]

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I had trouble with the Microsoft fonts. I'd specified Arial and Courier 
New, and I can't remember exactly what the problem was (some characters 
not printing or some such), but was allowed to go back to NotoSans and 
SourceCodePro, so I didn't give it another thought.

On 2/11/20 9:21 AM, Joost Kremers wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 11 2020, tutiluren via pandoc-discuss wrote:
>> This command WORKS (creates a PDF with the "Arial" font):
>>
>>     pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex -V pagestyle="empty" -V 
>> mainfont="Arial" -V monofont="Arial" -V fontsize=10pt --verbose -V 
>> papersize="A4" -V margin-top="2cm" -V margin-right="2cm" -V 
>> margin-bottom="2cm" -V margin-left="2cm" "test.md" -o "out.pdf"
>>
>> This command also WORKS (creates a PDF with the "Courier New" font):
>>
>>     pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex -V pagestyle="empty" -V 
>> mainfont="Courier New" -V monofont="Courier New" -V fontsize=10pt 
>> --verbose -V papersize="A4" -V margin-top="2cm" -V margin-right="2cm" 
>> -V margin-bottom="2cm" -V margin-left="2cm" "test.md" -o "out.pdf"
>>
>> However, both these commands FAIL (no PDF created at all):
>>
>>     pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex -V pagestyle="empty" -V 
>> mainfont="Courier" -V monofont="Courier" -V fontsize=10pt --verbose 
>> -V papersize="A4" -V margin-top="2cm" -V margin-right="2cm" -V 
>> margin-bottom="2cm" -V margin-left="2cm" "test.md" -o "out.pdf"
>>
>>     pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex -V pagestyle="empty" -V 
>> mainfont="Courier Standard" -V monofont="Courier Standard" -V 
>> fontsize=10pt --verbose -V papersize="A4" -V margin-top="2cm" -V 
>> margin-right="2cm" -V margin-bottom="2cm" -V margin-left="2cm" 
>> "test.md" -o "out.pdf"
>>
>> From the massive dump of output (containing lots of private paths and 
>> stuff), I was able to extract out these clues:
>>
>>     xdvipdfmx:fatal: This font using the "seac" command for accented 
>> characters...
>>     No output PDF file written.
>>
>> What does it mean? What exactly is wrong? In Windows' font dir, there 
>> is a "Courier Standard", which, when opened, is simply called 
>> "Courier". Both of those strings result in the nonsensical error.
>
> DuckDuckGo is your friend. :-) The info I'm finding on the net is that 
> this indicates the font you're using is a Postscript Type 1 font, 
> which XeTeX doesn't fully support. It should work if you use is a TTF 
> or an OTF font. (The file name should have a `.ttf` or `.otf` file 
> extension. Type 1 fonts will have `.pfb`, `.pfm` or `.afm`, according 
> to Wikipedia.)
>
> Note that the name under which a font is known to the system (and 
> under which XeLaTeX would search for it) is not necessarily identical 
> to the file name of the font on disk. The Windows control panel should 
> have an option to view the fonts installed on your system. (Just 
> quoting what I read online here. I can't check myself because I don't 
> have access to Windows.)
>
> HTH
>
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