2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/context/lua/mtx-fonts.lua b/scripts/context/lua/mtx-fonts.lua
index b171dd611..745f7b90a 100644
--- a/scripts/context/lua/mtx-fonts.lua
+++ b/scripts/context/lua/mtx-fonts.lua
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ function fonts.names.statistics()
 
 end
 
-function fonts.names.simple()
+function fonts.names.simple(alsotypeone)
     local simpleversion = 1.001
-    local simplelist = { "ttf", "otf", "ttc", "dfont" }
+    local simplelist = { "ttf", "otf", "ttc", "dfont", alsotypeone and "afm" or nil }
     local name = "luatex-fonts-names.lua"
     local path = file.collapsepath(caches.getwritablepath("..","..","generic","fonts","data"))
     fonts.names.filters.list = simplelist
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ end
 
 function scripts.fonts.reload()
     if getargument("simple") then
-        fonts.names.simple()
+        fonts.names.simple(getargument("typeone"))
     else
         fonts.names.load(true,getargument("force"))
     end
diff --git a/scripts/context/lua/mtx-plain.lua b/scripts/context/lua/mtx-plain.lua
index f43dcdeaf..d10c21375 100644
--- a/scripts/context/lua/mtx-plain.lua
+++ b/scripts/context/lua/mtx-plain.lua
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ local helpinfo = [[
   <category name="basic">
    <subcategory>
     <flag name="make"><short>create format file</short></flag>
+    <flag name="fonts"><short>create plain font database</short></flag>
     <flag name="run"><short>process file</short></flag>
     <flag name="format" value="string"><short>format name (default: luatex-plain)</short></flag>
     <flag name="engine" value="string"><short>engine to use (default: luatex)</short></flag>
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ function scripts.plain.run(texengine,texformat,filename)
     execute('%s --fmt=%s "%s"',texengine,file.removesuffix(texformat),filename)
 end
 
+function scripts.plain.fonts()
+    execute('mtxrun --script fonts --reload --simple --typeone')
+end
+
 local texformat = environment.arguments.texformat or environment.arguments.format
 local texengine = environment.arguments.texengine or environment.arguments.engine
 
@@ -122,6 +127,8 @@ if environment.arguments.exporthelp then
     application.export(environment.arguments.exporthelp,filename)
 elseif environment.arguments.make then
     scripts.plain.make(texengine,texformat)
+elseif environment.arguments.fonts then
+    scripts.plain.fonts()
 elseif filename then
     scripts.plain.run(texengine,texformat,filename)
 else