luafindfont(1) luafindfont man page luafindfont(1)
NAME
luafindfont - retrieve font informations of all installed system and
TeX fonts.
SYNOPSIS
luafindfont [options] <fontname>
DESCRIPTION
This command lists informations about installed otf|ttf|ttc fonts,
installed by the system and by the TeX distribution
OPTIONS
-h,--help
obvious ... :-)
-V,--version
obvious ... :-)
-o,--otfinfo
Use the program otfinfo for the font with the given number. The
number can be followed by an optional argument for otfinfo, e.g.
-o 2f, list all features for font no 2. Without an additional
character, otfinfo is called with -i
-i,--info
List the given fontstyles (regular, bold, italic, bolditalic)
for the font with the given number
-I,--Info
Siliar to i but uses the program mtxrun to get ll informations
including features and corresponding languages. List can be very
long.
-l, The output is a sorted long list of the symbilc names of the
available fonts.
-L, The same with filenames (without the path!)
-v,--verbose
Give more informations, by now only -v works
-x,--xetex
test, if font is found by xetex via kpsewhich 0->no; 1->yes
-m,--max_string
The maximum of the stringlength of the full path of fonts
-n,--no-symbolic-names
The fontlist contains only fontfile and fontpath
<fontname>
Can be a substring, e.g. times, or a combination of two
substrings which act like a boolean and, e.g. "times & bold"
(must be in quotes). All strings are not case sensitive. Upper
and lowercase can be mixed.
EXAMPLES
$ luafindfont libertinussans
Lists all fonts which have names or part of like libertinussans
bash-3.2$ ./luafindfont.lua libertinussans
No. Fontname Symbolic Name Path
1. LibertinusSans-Bold.otf libertinussans /usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/libertinus-fonts/
2. LibertinusSans-Italic.otf libertinussans /usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/libertinus-fonts/
3. LibertinusSans-Regular.otf libertinussans /usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/libertinus-fonts/
The --otfinfo:
$ luafindfont -o 3 libertinussans
This produces the following output:
1. LibertinusSans-Bold.otf libertinussans /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/libertinus-fonts/LibertinusSans-Bold.otf
2. LibertinusSans-Bold.otf libertinussans /usr/local/texlive/texmf-d...onts/opentype/public/libertinus-fonts/LibertinusSans-Bold.otf
3. LibertinusSans-Italic.otf libertinussans /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/libertinus-fonts/LibertinusSans-Italic.otf
4. LibertinusSans-Italic.otf libertinussans /usr/local/texlive/texmf-d...ts/opentype/public/libertinus-fonts/LibertinusSans-Italic.otf
5. LibertinusSans-Regular.otf libertinussans /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/libertinus-fonts/LibertinusSans-Regular.otf
6. LibertinusSans-Regular.otf libertinussans /usr/local/texlive/texmf-d...s/opentype/public/libertinus-fonts/LibertinusSans-Regular.otf
Running otfinfo on font no.3
Family: Libertinus Sans
Subfamily: Italic
Full name: Libertinus Sans Italic
PostScript name: LibertinusSans-Italic
Version: Version 7.020;RELEASE
Unique ID: 1.000;QUE ;LibertinusSans-Italic
Designer: Philipp H. Poll, Khaled Hosny
Manufacturer: Caleb Maclennan
Vendor URL: https://github.com/alerque/libertinus
Copyright: Copyright (C) 2012-2020 The Libertinus Project Authors.
License URL: https://scripts.sil.org/OFL
License Description: This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
Vendor ID: QUE
The --no-symbolc-names:
$ luafindfont -n
This produces the following output:
bash-3.2$ luafindfont -n minion
Nr. Fontname Path
1. MinionMath-Bold.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionMath/
2. MinionMath-Regular.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionMath/
3. MinionPro-Bold.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
4. MinionPro-BoldCn.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
5. MinionPro-BoldCnIt.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
6. MinionPro-BoldIt.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
7. MinionPro-Capt.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
8. MinionPro-Disp.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
9. MinionPro-It.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
10. MinionPro-Medium.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
11. MinionPro-MediumIt.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
12. MinionPro-Regular.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
13. MinionPro-Semibold.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
14. MinionPro-SemiboldIt.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
15. MinionPro-Subh.otf /Users/voss/Library/Fonts/MinionPro/
See also
See luafindfont-doc.pdf for more details
BUGS
No known bugs.
AUTHOR
Herbert Voss (hvoss@tug.org)
LICENSE
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this software
under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3.
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