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diff --git a/luaotfload.dtx b/luaotfload.dtx index 9e57bac..8ebd8ec 100644 --- a/luaotfload.dtx +++ b/luaotfload.dtx @@ -426,7 +426,26 @@ and the derived files % “GFS Bodoni Rg”, and % “PT Serif Caption” % -- they are the human readable identifiers -% usually listed in drop-down menus and the like. +% usually listed in drop-down menus and the like.\footnote{% +% Font names may appear like a great choice at first because they +% offer seemingly more intuitive identifiers in comparison to arguably +% cryptic file names: +% “PT Sans Bold” is a lot more descriptive than \fileent{PTS75F.ttf}. +% On the other hand, font names are quite arbitrary and there is no +% universal method to determine their meaning. +% While \identifier{luaotfload} provides fairly sophisticated heuristic +% to figure out a matching font style, weight, and optical size, it +% cannot be relied upon to work satisfactorily for all font files. +% For an in-depth analysis of the situation and how broken font names +% are, please refer to +% \href{http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2013/073889.html} +% {this post} +% by Hans Hagen, the author of the font loader. +% If in doubt, use filenames. +% \fileent{luaotfload-tool} can perform the matching for you with the +% option \verb|--find=<name>|, and you can use the file name it returns +% in your font definition. +% } % In order for fonts installed both in system locations and in your % \fileent{texmf} to be accessible by font name, \identifier{luaotfload} must % first collect the metadata included in the files. |