Re: [NTG-context] Woe is me :<( mkiv misbehaving.

On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 14:41:50 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

Am 09.06.2013 um 14:24 schrieb john Culleton :

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I solved the wierd messages by a brute force method. I created a fresh slackware partition and whatever I did wrong was eliminated. Now, down to the fonts; the directory /usr/share/fonts and its subdirectories is a standard place to put fonts on a Linux system. Most of my other programs (Inkscape, Scribus) find those fonts without difficulty. I checked my permissions in that directory and subdirectories and they are not restrictive. I will link those fonts to a directory that Context searches. I just wonder why it worked before and not now.

You have set the directories with the OSFONTDIR variable: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX#Building_the_font_database

Wolfgang

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That worked! still don't know why I lost access to those fonts but no matter. And after some mtxrun executions the weird messages went away too. So I can revert to my original partition which saves a lot of labor. Most sincere thanks to all who answered. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html