Re: omitting collection-fontsextra installation by default? (RFC)

On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 01:06:56PM +0200, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> On macOS, only the most common system fonts are installed with the
> OS. The other fonts are referenced in an xml file containing the
> metadata for each, including a short glyph sample plus a download
> link from Apple servers. This file has a changing location depending
> on the OS version, on my current setup (macOS 27 Beta) that's

> /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_Font8/com_apple_MobileAsset_Font8.xml

> These fonts are called Downloadable. They are downloaded
> automatically when a document or an application using them is
> opened, and the user can also download them manually in Font Book,
> the OS font manager. Things look like this there:

> The downloadable fonts are greyed out, and each has a small download
> button.

What do you actually propose? That there is a hook in TeX programs to
download missing fonts automatically? I'd oppose that vigorously.

-- 
Ian