News for Package "showtextdb"

Changes in showtextdb version 3.0

• New function google_fonts() to assist installing Google Fonts to the local machine, suggested by @thomas-neitmann (sysfonts issue #12).

• Fixed a font loading issue when a font directory exists but with no files inside, thanks to the debugging by @yihui and @XiangyunHuang (showtext issue #30).

• showtextdb will now test for write permission before installing and extracting font files.

Changes in showtextdb version 2.0

• New function font_install() to install fonts to the local machine.

• New function font_installed() to list locally installed fonts.

• New functions source_han_sans() and source_han_serif() to assist installing the Source Han Sans/Serif fonts.

Changes in showtextdb version 1.0

• The initial version that separated the font file from the showtext package.