[tex-live] Problem with XeTeX and fc-cache on Tex Live Portable

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Mon Jun 8 16:06:44 CEST 2009


Hi,

> However, the first thing I can imagine before using XeTeX, is to see which
> fonts are available, then immediately I got this:
> 
> TL H:\texlive\2008>fc-list
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
> 
> and the same error with fc-cache.

You can change directories for config file and caches
by changing two variables in texmf.cnf:
FONTCONFIG_PATH and FC_CACHEDIR.
Their default values in TeX Live are

FONTCONFIG_PATH=$TEXMFSYSVAR/fonts/conf
FC_CACHEDIR=$TEXMFSYSVAR/fonts/cache

Best,
Akira


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