st 25. 10. 2023 v 11:19 odesílatel John Was <johno...@gmail.com> napsal:
>
> 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
>
The problem is that it does not work if you share the source file with
someone else. In addition, Linux and Mac do not have drive letters.

> (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! 🇺🇦 ... Героям слава
>
>

Zdeněk Wagner
https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/


> 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
>> >
>>
>>

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