Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ use package if font exists

[AliceWonder]

I have the Lucida Bright fonts.
I also have a custom package for the Lucida Mono font (different than typewriter, very much like the classic apple font Monaco)

Right now my LaTeX looks like this:

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\usepackage{lucidabr} %commercial Lucida Bright fonts
\usepackage{lucimono} %custom package for EF Lucida Mono

I would prefer it if LaTeX only loaded those packages if the actual fonts were available, so that people without them can still compile the document but using the default fonts.

How do I do that? I've seen it done before but my google skills are not finding it.

EDIT: using TL2012 if it matters

[cgnieder]

Hi,

you could test for the existence of one of the basic font files needed with

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\IfFileExists{<filename>}{<then>}{<else>}

Regards

[CrazyHorse]

I also have a custom package for the Lucida Mono font (different than typewriter, very much like the classic apple font Monaco)

Right now my LaTeX looks like this:

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\usepackage{lucidabr} %commercial Lucida Bright fonts

I would prefer it if LaTeX only loaded those packages if the actual fonts were available, so that people without them can still compile the document but using the default fonts.

Your lucimono should test for the font definition file

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\IfFileExists{t1hlst.fd}{\def\ttdefault{hlst}}{}