Using custom fonts in R examples and exercises

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1. 

   Blayne Beacham February 20, 2023

   I got one variation of the font that I want to work by using this:

   systemfonts::register_variant(
   name = “Segoe UI Custom Semibold”,
   family = “Segoe UI”,
   weight = “semibold”
   )

   However, I tried to do the same for a semilight version and it didn’t work:
   systemfonts::register_variant(
   name = “Segoe UI Custom Semilight”,
   family = “Segoe UI”,
   weight = “semilight”
   )

   For the latter I get “Error: No font with the given family name and weight/width settings available”.

   Am I missing something?

   1. 

      David Keyes February 21, 2023

      It looks like “semilight” isn’t a weight that you can use. This is from the help file for register_variant():

      One or two of “thin”, “ultralight”, “light”, “normal”, “medium”, “semibold”, “bold”, “ultrabold”, or “heavy”. If one is given it sets the weight for the whole variant. If two is given the first one defines the plain weight and the second the bold weight. If NULL then the variants of the given family closest to “normal” and “bold” will be chosen.

      Does it work if you choose, says, ultralight?

      1. 

         Blayne Beacham March 8, 2023

         Sorry for the late reply (started a new job). “light” did the trick!

         Thanks so much. My viz game just took a nice jump up with these fonts!

         1. 

            David Keyes March 8, 2023

            Awesome, glad it worked!

2. 

   soundarya soundararajan March 9, 2023

   I am getting a similar error reported by someone earlier.
   This is my code
   register_variant(
   “Rockwell_custom”,
   Rockwell, weight = “semibold”,
   features = font_feature(ligatures = “discretionary”)
   )
   and this is my error:
   Error: No font with the given family name and weight/width settings available

   1. 

      David Keyes March 9, 2023

      Are you sure the font is called “Rockwell_custom” (and not, for example, “Rockwell custom” or “Rockwell” or “Rockwell Custom”)? You have to enter the exact name as it appears in the family column when you run systemfonts::system_fonts(). See https://show.rfor.us/RfczclV1

      1. 

         soundarya soundararajan March 12, 2023

         Thanks, I thought Rockwell_custom is a name I give for registering my variant with the family name Rockwell (which I wrote correctly). However, this doesn’t seem to work for me, I am a newbie in fonts and any help would be appreciated.
         Here is the reprex of my error.
         “` r
         library(systemfonts)
         library(tidyverse)
         systemfonts::system_fonts() |> as_tibble() |> filter(family==”Rockwell”)
         #> # A tibble: 4 × 9
         #> path index name family style weight width italic monos…¹
         #>
         #> 1 “C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts\\ROC… 0 Rock… Rockw… Regu… normal norm… FALSE FALSE
         #> 2 “C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts\\ROC… 0 Rock… Rockw… Bold bold norm… FALSE FALSE
         #> 3 “C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts\\ROC… 0 Rock… Rockw… Bold… bold norm… TRUE FALSE
         #> 4 “C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts\\ROC… 0 Rock… Rockw… Ital… normal norm… TRUE FALSE
         #> # … with abbreviated variable name ¹​monospace
         register_variant(family =
         “Rockwell”, weight = “semibold”)
         #> Error: No font with the given family name and weight/width settings available
         “`

         Created on 2023-03-13 with [reprex v2.0.2](https://reprex.tidyverse.org)

         1. 

            David Keyes March 13, 2023

            I’d need to see a little bit more in order to see the full text in the family column. Can you share that?