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I would like to distribute a class that uses a professional font loaded via fontspec, and falls back to one of the default fonts in TeX Live if this is not available. I know that one can detect fonts packaged with TeX Live:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{tgpagella.sty}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


This doesn't work, however, if one instead tries to detect a font file in the same directory:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


Is there a mechanism somewhere to include .otf files in what IfFileExists is able to detect?










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  • fontspec has a fallback mechanism these days older answer but Will added a proper interface to that if I recall correctly

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago








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    fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF and similar commands look to be the right thing....

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago






  • 1





    @DavidCarlisle the documentation suggests IfFontExistsTF.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 days ago






  • 5





    @UlrikeFischer but it looks much more impressive with _ and :

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago











  • Brilliant; thank you both!

    – Andrew Dunning
    2 days ago
















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I would like to distribute a class that uses a professional font loaded via fontspec, and falls back to one of the default fonts in TeX Live if this is not available. I know that one can detect fonts packaged with TeX Live:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{tgpagella.sty}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


This doesn't work, however, if one instead tries to detect a font file in the same directory:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


Is there a mechanism somewhere to include .otf files in what IfFileExists is able to detect?










share|improve this question























  • fontspec has a fallback mechanism these days older answer but Will added a proper interface to that if I recall correctly

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago








  • 1





    fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF and similar commands look to be the right thing....

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago






  • 1





    @DavidCarlisle the documentation suggests IfFontExistsTF.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 days ago






  • 5





    @UlrikeFischer but it looks much more impressive with _ and :

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago











  • Brilliant; thank you both!

    – Andrew Dunning
    2 days ago














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I would like to distribute a class that uses a professional font loaded via fontspec, and falls back to one of the default fonts in TeX Live if this is not available. I know that one can detect fonts packaged with TeX Live:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{tgpagella.sty}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


This doesn't work, however, if one instead tries to detect a font file in the same directory:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


Is there a mechanism somewhere to include .otf files in what IfFileExists is able to detect?










share|improve this question














I would like to distribute a class that uses a professional font loaded via fontspec, and falls back to one of the default fonts in TeX Live if this is not available. I know that one can detect fonts packaged with TeX Live:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{tgpagella.sty}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


This doesn't work, however, if one instead tries to detect a font file in the same directory:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFileExists{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}


Is there a mechanism somewhere to include .otf files in what IfFileExists is able to detect?







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  • fontspec has a fallback mechanism these days older answer but Will added a proper interface to that if I recall correctly

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago








  • 1





    fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF and similar commands look to be the right thing....

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago






  • 1





    @DavidCarlisle the documentation suggests IfFontExistsTF.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 days ago






  • 5





    @UlrikeFischer but it looks much more impressive with _ and :

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago











  • Brilliant; thank you both!

    – Andrew Dunning
    2 days ago



















  • fontspec has a fallback mechanism these days older answer but Will added a proper interface to that if I recall correctly

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago








  • 1





    fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF and similar commands look to be the right thing....

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago






  • 1





    @DavidCarlisle the documentation suggests IfFontExistsTF.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 days ago






  • 5





    @UlrikeFischer but it looks much more impressive with _ and :

    – David Carlisle
    2 days ago











  • Brilliant; thank you both!

    – Andrew Dunning
    2 days ago

















fontspec has a fallback mechanism these days older answer but Will added a proper interface to that if I recall correctly

– David Carlisle
2 days ago







fontspec has a fallback mechanism these days older answer but Will added a proper interface to that if I recall correctly

– David Carlisle
2 days ago






1




1





fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF and similar commands look to be the right thing....

– David Carlisle
2 days ago





fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF and similar commands look to be the right thing....

– David Carlisle
2 days ago




1




1





@DavidCarlisle the documentation suggests IfFontExistsTF.

– Ulrike Fischer
2 days ago





@DavidCarlisle the documentation suggests IfFontExistsTF.

– Ulrike Fischer
2 days ago




5




5





@UlrikeFischer but it looks much more impressive with _ and :

– David Carlisle
2 days ago





@UlrikeFischer but it looks much more impressive with _ and :

– David Carlisle
2 days ago













Brilliant; thank you both!

– Andrew Dunning
2 days ago





Brilliant; thank you both!

– Andrew Dunning
2 days ago










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Recent fontspec releases allow you to test for a font being loadable with IfFontExistsTF or its internal expl3 version fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{fontspec}
IfFontExistsTF{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

begin{document}

fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

end{document}





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    Recent fontspec releases allow you to test for a font being loadable with IfFontExistsTF or its internal expl3 version fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF:



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{fontspec}
    IfFontExistsTF{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

    begin{document}

    fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

    end{document}





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      Recent fontspec releases allow you to test for a font being loadable with IfFontExistsTF or its internal expl3 version fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF:



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{fontspec}
      IfFontExistsTF{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

      begin{document}

      fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

      end{document}





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        Recent fontspec releases allow you to test for a font being loadable with IfFontExistsTF or its internal expl3 version fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF:



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{fontspec}
        IfFontExistsTF{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

        begin{document}

        fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

        end{document}





        share|improve this answer















        Recent fontspec releases allow you to test for a font being loadable with IfFontExistsTF or its internal expl3 version fontspec_font_if_exist:nTF:



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{fontspec}
        IfFontExistsTF{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}{setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}}{}

        begin{document}

        fontnamefont at thefontdimen6font

        end{document}






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