On 2024-09-21 14:49, Ken Brown via Cygwin-apps wrote:
On 9/20/2024 11:43 PM, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
On 2024-09-20 15:44, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
Hi folks,
I recently reviewed all the fonts installed on my system and found that
fontconfig cache does not include TeX OpenType or TrueType fonts installed
under /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/{open,true}type/, non-'Microsoft Corp'
Windows fonts including those labelled 'Microsoft supplied font', .TTF, .ttc,
and .ot[cf], but does cache those in the Windows/Fonts/Deleted subdirectory.
For the fonts that come with TeX Live, I thought it should be up to the user
whether or not to include those fonts in the fontconfig cache. The admittedly
very long release message for TeX Live says the following near the end:
"There is a script /usr/bin/texlive-enable-fontconfig that you can
run if you want the fonts distributed with TeX Live to be available
to applications that rely on fontconfig. See /usr/share/doc/texlive/
README.Cygwin for more details."
I remember discussing this on the list at some point, and the consensus at the
time was that this should not be done by default, but I don't remember the
reason(s). We could revisit this decision if enough people have strong feelings
about it. If so, I think the discussion should be on the main Cygwin list so
that non-maintainers can weigh in.
Thanks Ken,
I missed that in the announcement and will use that from now on, as for me
TeXlive etc. are mainly prereqs for package builds.
I come from a scary place where I was updating hourly stats and graphs and
generating 100k+ fontconfig cache files taking many GB, so I preferred to blow
away the cache directory and repopulate every setup run, and sometimes between
runs when a cron job detected insanity was happening.
That era now appears to be in the past with fontconfig cache fixes. X-fingers!
I also frequently poke around font files looking for glyphs, ranges, etc.
So I like having all available fonts in my cache.
Is there any consensus on how this should be managed?
I would think Unix systems would want all installed fonts cached.
I would also think all Cygwin users would probably like to be able to use all
their Windows fonts, not just 'MS Corp' copyright .ttf and optionally TeX, in
their Cygwin packages?
I agree it may be a good question to ask on the main list.
If few care enough to respond, the status quo stands!
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
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