<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is my third message to the list, all pertaining to LaTeX being unable to find the Lucida OT fonts.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As previously reported, I can typeset correctly and uneventfully when accessing the Lucida OT fonts via system lookups. This means that I can typeset the test file "lucidaot-sys-example.tex".</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The problem was and remains that I cannot typeset the test file “lucidaot.tex”, which finds the Lucida OT fonts via file names in the TeX trees. Here’s a MWE for the lucidaot.tex file. I inserted the \end{document} command early since the shortened file suffices to illustrate the problem.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% Copyright 2012-2016 TeX Users Group.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% are permitted in any medium, without royalty.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35); min-height: 21px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">\documentclass[11pt]{article}</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35); min-height: 21px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">%!TEX TS-program = xelatex</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35); min-height: 21px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">\usepackage{fontspec} % support opentype text fonts</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">\usepackage{unicode-math} % support opentype math fonts</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35); min-height: 21px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% Slightly reduce font size.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">\defaultfontfeatures{Scale=.92}</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">%</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% The explicit .otf extension tells the engines to find the font via</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">% filenames in the TeX trees, rather than as system-installed fonts.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">%</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">\setmainfont[% main rm</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class=""> Ligatures=TeX,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class=""> ItalicFont=LucidaBrightOT-Italic.otf,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class=""> BoldFont=LucidaBrightOT-Demi.otf,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class=""> BoldItalicFont=LucidaBrightOT-DemiItalic.otf,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class=""> ]{LucidaBrightOT.otf}</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">%</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class="">\end{document}</div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(78, 75, 35);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The document fails to typeset because it cannot find LucidaBrightOT.otf. Here’s the console output. Notice the message</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> "</font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">! Package fontspec Error: The font "LucidaBrightOT" cannot be found.</span><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">”</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">————Console output<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">———</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999994 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=xelatex)</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> restricted \write18 enabled.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">entering extended mode</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(./lucidaot-copy-test.tex</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">LaTeX2e <2021-11-15> patch level 1</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">L3 programming layer <2022-04-20></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Document Class: article 2021/10/04 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xparse/xparse.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-xetex.def)))</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec-xetex.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty)</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.cfg)))</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math-xetex.s</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">ty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e.sty)</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fix-cm.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1enc.def))</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">! Package fontspec Error: The font "LucidaBrightOT" cannot be found.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">For immediate help type H <return>.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> ... </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">l.27 \end</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> {document}</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">? amstext.sty</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math/unicode-math-table.t</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">ex)))</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">! Package fontspec Error: The font "LucidaBrightOT" cannot be found.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">For immediate help type H <return>.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> ... </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">l.27 \end</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> {document}</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">? </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">—————End console output<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">———————</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Responding to a previous query, Bruno Voisin kindly advised that I should run the command "</span></font><font color="#000000" face="LucidaGrande" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">sudo mktexlsr” </span></font><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">on the Terminal. I did, but the file still failed to typeset. The console output listed above was produced _after_ I ran </span></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: LucidaGrande;" class="">sudo mktexlsr on the Terminal.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: LucidaGrande;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I do have a workaround since I can typeset using system lookups. So I can do my work. But the inability to find the Lucida OT fonts via file names on the TeX trees could be a symptom of other problems and I would like to clean it up.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I appreciate advice on this matter and thank everybody in advance.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">BTW, I’m using an M1 MacBook Pro with Monterey 12.2.1. I use the editor TeXShop 4.72.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Thanks.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">J R Martinez</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>