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I have TeX Live installation at ~/texlive/2014.

I installed Lato font package using tlmgr. There are now several .ttf files in ~/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/lato/

But when I try compiling a file that contains:

\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Lato}

using xelatex it gives an error:

kpathsea: Running mktextfm Lato
/home/user/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for Lato.
/home/user/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Lato
This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182818 (TeX Live 2014) (preloaded base=mf)


kpathsea: Running mktexmf Lato
! I can't find file `Lato'.
<*> \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Lato

Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Lato

Transcript written on mfput.log.
grep: Lato.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Lato' failed to make Lato.tfm.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
! fontspec error: "font-not-found"
! 
! The font "Lato" cannot be found.

How do I correct this?

Joseph Wright
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  • Are you using XeTeX or LuaTeX? LuaTeX will find the font by name, but for the texmf tree you'll need to use the file name for XeTeX. (See e.g. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11888/finding-a-font-for-xetex/11889.) – Joseph Wright Sep 06 '14 at 15:21
  • @JosephWright I am using xelatex to compile the document. I will edit the question to add this info. – deshmukh Sep 06 '14 at 15:27
  • In that case, I suspect this question is a dupe either of the one I mention or (if we have it) a more general one about .ttf fonts and XeTeX. – Joseph Wright Sep 06 '14 at 15:29
  • @JosephWright perfect. Compiling with Lualatex solved the problem. Please give your comments in the answer form so I can accept it. – deshmukh Sep 06 '14 at 16:55

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