[XeTeX] Checking if a font exists

[Wilfred van Rooijen]

> 
> You can edit the file fonts.conf (for example in /etc/fonts
> or /usr/X11/lib/X11/fontconfig) or ~/.fonts.conf, your
> personal copy that fonts are searched additionally in
> particular places.

Certainly, but on a "standard system" this may not be set. Thus testing in fc-list would return a negative, even if the font is installed (and with the proper settings in fontspec, available to xelatex).

But I subscribe to Martin's statement: let xelatex report which fonts it knows, rather than an auxiliary program.

Wilfred


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