> > the problem should be reported to the > > authors of the "fontspec" and "LaTeX2e" packages, as it is > > probable that the problem lies solely therein. > > That LaTeX2e is involved is very improbable. fontspec could be > involved as it uses the * as a wildcard in some places.
Alright, I have filed the bug on the fontspec bug tracker: https://github.com/wspr/fontspec/issues/437 If that doesn't go anywhere, I will try at latex2e's (their bug tracker is much more active than fontspec's). As another workaround, I have managed to change the font family name in the OTF files of Jost* using the following fontforge python script: import fontforge import sys for fontname in sys.argv[1:]: font = fontforge.open(fontname) font.familyname = "Jost" font.generate(fontname+"-starless.otf") After installing the generated "starless" fonts, I can use them with xelatex as "Jost" (without asterisk).