Unable to knit pdf, receiving tinytex error with failed tlmgr search

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Using - RStudio Version 1.2.1335 - R version

I am able to knit the R markdown file to HTML and Word, but fail with PDF. I keep receiving the same error message telling me that it is unable to locate the "Palatino" font.

The file is successfully processed (all chunks run).

I have tried re-installing and resetting Miktex and Tinytex, as well as R itself. I am pretty new to this, so I am unsure how to proceed. Should I install TexLive?

This is the header of the file I am trying to run:

--
title: "Assignment 1"
fontsize: 11pt
header-includes: \usepackage{fancyhdr}
geometry: "left=.5in,right=.5in,top=1in,bottom=1in"
output:
  pdf_document:
    latex_engine: xelatex
    md_extensions: +inline_notes
    number_sections: no
  word_document: default
mathfont: Palatino
monofont: Courier
mainfont: Palatino
sansfont: Helvetica
subtitle: \textbf{Due Wednesday, 11 September 2019 (beginning of class)}
fontfamily: mathpazo
---

And this is the error I continue to receive, without rendering of a PDF file:

output file: PBHLTH252-Assignment-1_post.knit.md

"C:/Program Files/RStudio/bin/pandoc/pandoc" +RTS -K512m -RTS PBHLTH252-Assignment-1_post.utf8.md --to latex --from markdown+autolink_bare_uris+ascii_identifiers+tex_math_single_backslash+inline_notes --output PBHLTH252-Assignment-1_post.tex --template "C:\Users\UYser\Documents\R\win-library\3.6\rmarkdown\rmd\latex\default-1.17.0.2.tex" --highlight-style tango --pdf-engine xelatex --variable graphics=yes --lua-filter "C:/Users/UYser/Documents/R/win-library/3.6/rmarkdown/rmd/lua/pagebreak.lua" --variable "compact-title:yes" tlmgr search --file --global "/Palatino." ! Package fontspec Error: The font "Palatino" cannot be found.

! kpathsea: Running mktextfm Palatino

! The command name is C:\Users\UYser\AppData\Roaming\TinyTeX\bin\win32\mktextfm

! kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

Error: Failed to compile PBHLTH252-Assignment-1_post.tex. See https://yihui.name/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips. See PBHLTH252-Assignment-1_post.log for more info. In addition: Warning message: In parse_packages(logfile, quiet = c(TRUE, FALSE, FALSE)) : Failed to find a package that contains Palatino. Execution halted

I tried following this thread, https://github.com/yihui/tinytex/issues/81, with no success:

Running this suggested code

tinytex::tlmgr_search("/Palatino[.](tfm|afm|mf|otf)")

results in:

package repository http://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet (not verified: gpg unavailable)

Running this one

tinytex::tlmgr_install("multirow")

gives me the following error:

tlmgr install Palatino. 'afm' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. tlmgr update --self tlmgr.pl: package repository http://ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet (not verified: gpg unavailable) tlmgr.pl: no self-updates for tlmgr available. tlmgr install Palatino. 'afm' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Any help is appreciated!

Ralf Stubner Ralf Stubner · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-07T20:17:19

It looks like you got the template from a Mac user while you are on Windows. The fontnames are different there. Instead of Palatino you could use Palatino Linotype. I am not sure if Helvetica and Courier will work. If not, you could use Arial and Courier New.

However, that sounds like a rather ugly font combination. Palatino is a very fine font, but neither Helvertica/Arial nor Courier (New) fit well. Besides, I don't think that normal Palatino fonts are set-up to be used for math. You could use Asana Math instead, which comes with MikTeX/TinyTeX.

Unable to knit pdf, receiving tinytex error with failed tlmgr search

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