TeX Live fonts in macOS apps

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jul 21, 2023, at 10:10 AM, Matthias Schmidt <tex at mschmidt.name> wrote:
> 
>> I use the same symlink but to the complete opentype folder. Every once in a
>> while, usually when I update to the latest TeX Live Distribution (via the
>> MacTeX installer) the font system gets confused. I use `Font Book.app' and have
>> it check all the fonts in that folder and things start to work again.
> 
> I have now tried to link the complete folder with
> 
> $ ln -sFin "/Library/TeX/Root/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/" "$HOME/Library/Fonts/opentype"
> 
> but got the same result. Font Book can find all fonts and reports no problems when validating them but cannot read them properly and just displays question marks in the preview. I have also tried to reset all fonts in Font Book preferences.
> 
> Matthias Schmidt

Howdy,

Sigh... I just checked and I see the same thing!!! I've never had that problem before. If you actually copy some fonts into your ~/Library/Fonts folder and then drag them onto Font Book do they show up correctly? I just tried it with my Lucida-OT fonts and it does show up fine. Spounds like a new bug from Apple!

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com