Indexing fonts

[Marcel Fabian Krüger]

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 02:39:29PM -0700, Karl Berry wrote:
> Which is to say, nothing is run on Unix (the fontconfig file is created,
> but not run). On Windows, fc-cache is run, which I guess helps with
> XeTeX (and LuaTeX, presumably -- can anyone confirm?), but I presume
> that does not make the TL fonts available as true system fonts, e.g., to
> Word.

Running fc-cache does not affect LuaLaTeX in any way since luaotfload
does not use fontconfig.

> 
>     I guess the question is really whether XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX can 
>     immediately use fontspec to load (eg) \setmainfont{Accanthis} or if a 
>     manual indexing task has to be performed.
> 
> For that specific invocation of Accanthis, specifically, yes, must be
> manually added as a system font.

For LuaLaTeX the font should be immediately usable. It does require a
rebuild of the font name index, but that is triggered automatically when
trying to load a font which isn't known yet.

Best,
Marcel