Installation sizes (was: Re: How should I deal with packages that require FFI external libraries?

[Boris Veytsman]

PF> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:52:58 +0100
PF> From: Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie>


PF> If I do

PF> cd /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts
PF> ls -l */*|grep '^d'| awk '{print $NF}'|sort|uniq| wc -l

PF> I get 499 typefaces...well, in theory. Is "TeX comes with 500 fonts" 
PF> anywhere near acceptable (modulo the abuse of the word "fonts")?

On my system

cd /usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/fonts
ls -l */*|grep '^d'| awk '{print $NF}'|sort|uniq| wc -l

gives 573...


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Good luck

-Boris