Re: Choice of processor

Philip Taylor <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:06:46 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.tex.texhax,gmane.comp.tex.live
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OK, adding "\input luaotfload.sty" appears to allow access to some (but 
not yet all) system fonts (LuaTeX states that it cannot find "Avenir LT 
Std 45 Book")

> luaotfload | db : Reload initiated (formats: otf,ttf,ttc); reason: 
> Font "Avenir LT Std 45 Book" not found.
>
> luaotfload | resolve : sequence of 3 lookups yielded nothing appropriate.
>
> ! Font \mlfont=Avenir LT Std 45 Book at 6pt not loadable: metric data 
> not found
>
> or bad.
>
> l.66 \font \mlfont = "Avenir LT Std 45 Book" at 6 pt
>
— the reason for that remains to be investigated.  However, I now have 
another problem.  I make frequent use of XeTeX's \strcmp primitive — is 
there a LuaTeX equivalent ?

-- 
/Philip Taylor/