[XeTeX] Integrating Fontconfig into Mac Xetex

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Aug 26, 2025, at 10:40 AM, Martin Hosken via XeTeX <xetex at tug.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> If I were to integrate fontconfig along with the Mac font list,  would the community accept such a patch, in principle? Of course it would be subject to how well I implement the integration.
> 
> An easier adaptation would be to switch Xetex on the Mac to use fontconfig only, which is not as bad as it sounds since AAT fonts would still go through CoreText via Harfbuzz. Things have moved forward quite a long way this century :-)
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> GB,
> Martin

Howdy,

I may have it wrong but AFAIK XeTeX is at end of life and is no longer being developed/maintained. Recommendations are for LuaTeX (or LuaLaTeX for XeLaTeX). There are some differences but most things work the same or very similar ways.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com