font installation

[Bob Tennent]

>Can a [TUG-downloaded] TeX Live user run tlmgr to install additional
font packages from CTAN, and if so, does it run fc-cache or equivalent
automatically afterwards?
(I'm using my OS-provided texlive, and tlmgr is non-functional for me.)

Peter:  As tlmgr is non-functional in an OS-provided texlive, it can't be
used to install fonts.  But a TUG-downloaded TeX Live user can.  And even
on an OS-provided system, you should be able to install fonts directly from
CTAN.  Many font packages provide tds archives which make it easy to
install all the support files in their proper places. Remember to enable
the relevant Map file and execute updmap-sys or updmap-user. And if you
want the fonts to be visible to non-TeXLive programs, you'll have to
configure and execute fc-cache yourself.

Bob T.
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