Error adding fonts using font.add.google()

[noelnamai]

> library("showtext")
>
> font.add.google("Avenir Next", "avenir")
Error in search_db(name) : font not found
> 

[yixuan]

It seems that this font was recently added by Google, and I need to update the font database. I'll fix this late today.

[yixuan]

OK, it turns out that this font is not open source and thus cannot be loaded from Google Fonts. See the information here.

[noelnamai]

@road2stat

[Jrakru]

I have the same issue but the font is supposed to have an open font license.

> library(showtext)
> font_add_google("Staatliches","Staatliches")
Error in search_db(name, db_cache, handle) : font not found

[yixuan]

@Jrakru Can you try font_add_google("Staatliches", "Staatliches", db_cache = FALSE)?

[Cami1992]

font_add(family = "Gill Sans Nova Book", regular = "C:/Users/Linus/Documents/District_Profiles/Gill Sans Nova Book.ttf")
font_families()
Error in check_font_path(regular, "regular") :
font file not found for 'regular' type
font_add_google("Gill Sans Nova", "gill", db_cache = FALSE)
Error in search_db(name, db_cache = TRUE, handle = handle) :
font not found

[yixuan]

Hi @Cami1992, please consider to open a new issue as this was marked closed. For your second question, it is because "Gill Sans Nova" is not in the Google Fonts collection. I cannot debug your first question since I do not have the "Gill Sans Nova Book.ttf" file. You can try to upload the file so I can take a look.