In case it helps, whenever I've had even the hint of an issue accessing a font from the system I invoke it from where I have stored the file of the font itself, e.g.:
\font\ormplanteight="[D:/BACKUPS/FONTBKUP/ORMULUM/OrmPlant.ttf]" at 8pt (I'm not a LaTeX user but as far as I know plain (Xe)TeX commands will still work in LaTeX.) Best John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 at 10:14, Stephen Moye via XeTeX <xetex@tug.org> wrote: > @David Barts: > > You say: "I can access the small caps via the \fontspec macro” — what > \fontspec macro is that? > > Earlier: "Interesting. This works for me!” — what is ’this’? > > (It just occurred to me that, for some reason, I may not have the entire > email exchange.) > > I’ve also tried Hoefler, but without success. > > Thanks. > > > On Oct 24, 2023, at 11:04 PM, David Barts via XeTeX <xetex@tug.org> > wrote: > > > > They are both TrueType as reported by Font Book. > > > > But as I just wrote, I can access the small caps via the \fontspec > macro; it is just \textsc and \scshape that fail. > > > > On 2023-10-24 17:06, Herbert Schulz via XeTeX wrote: > >> > >> > >> Howdy, > >> > >> Does the OpenType version of Hoefler Text appear in Font Book? If you > are using \setmainfont using a font name (rather than file name) xelatex > (at least on Mac) will only use fonts that that the system `knows' about. > There is a ttf version of Hoefler Text so that is what will be used. You > must let Font Book `know' about the OpenType version and then make it the > active version. > >> > >> Good Luck, > >> > >> Herb Schulz > >> > >> her...@mac.com > >> > >> > >> > > -- > > David Barts / > > n5...@me.com > > > > He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. > > -- Moroccan proverb > > > > >
