[OS X TeX] XeLaTeX and fontspec issue

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Dec 3, 2025, at 5:26 PM, Jeffrey W Roland <jroland at lsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Okay. So there was one ~/Library/texmf/… file in the console output: 1 2005 copy of fontspec.sty. Got rid of that file and now the MWE acts like it’s processing fine, but it outputs a blank pdf and I get the following error message:
> 
> No file XeLateXMWETest.aux.
> [1] (./XeLateXMWETest.aux)
> xdvipdfmx:fatal: Cannot proceed without the font: /Users/me/Library/Fonts/Times New Roman
> 
> I double checked and Times New Roman is in /Users/me/Library/Fonts. But it’s not being found. Font mapping issue? (I seem to remember having to do something with this years ago.)
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Jeff
> 

Howdy,

At leastg in recent MacOS versions the Times New Roman.ttf is a System Font found in /System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental. Again,  check that it is available in Font Book.app.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com