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 > -- Learn by Doing with Linux Academy Multicloud Training *#1 Learn-by-Doing Multicloud Training Platform* *Craig Parker* Technical Writer Schedule a Meeting or Call 125 Bear Creek Parkway. Keller. Texas 76248 LinuxAcademy.com Learn faster and deeper with REAL Hands-On Labs. © Linux Academy, 2019. All Rights Reserved. Pinehead® and the Linux Academy Logo® are registered trademarks of Linux Academy in the U.S. and other countries. Linux® is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/580978a3-ebcb-429d-266e-4c825c61badb%40linuxacademy.com.