On 22/11/2025 23:20, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
((nil
:fonts
((nil :font "Noto Serif"))))
That will result in
\babelfont{rm}{Noto Serif}
\babelfont{sf}{Noto Serif}
\babelfont{tt}{Noto Serif}
In other words, for *any* latex document, you basically need to provide
at least 3 fonts. Do I understand it correctly?
Ihor, it seems you expect that TeX engine may choose font variants when
you specify a family. It is not so. Moreover, you specified namely serif
variant, not just family, so Pedro is upset. (My usage of terms related
to fonts may be incorrect.)
LaTeX uses at least
- Roman (regular, serif)
- Sans serif
- Monospaced
- Small caps
fonts. Depending on specific document and LaTeX documentclass, some
variants are not used.
By default PdfLaTeX uses Computer Modern fonts (with LH for Cyrillic),
LuaLaTeX uses Latin Modern that covers just Latin and Greek. There are
similar Computer Modern Unicode fonts with wider coverage.
You may set sans font as the main document font and avoid serif
completely. However monospaced fonts are different and incompatible with
serif and sans fonts since monospaced fonts have fixed width. Some
documents may set a monospaced font as the main one though.
For English texts you may leave CM or LM as defaults without providing
any other fonts. Some users may expect something looking more close to
Times as the main document font.
I recall discussions to allow users to switch between predefined font
families: Free fonts, Noto, CMU, etc.
Depending of document language, you may need to set e.g. specific Noto
font having necessary glyphs (Noto Sans CJK JP). A special explicitly
configured font is necessary for emoji.
