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            The following problem is appearing in TeX Live, not in MiKTeX.
The structure of my MWE "href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/604664/font-issue-in-tex-live-package-fontspec-error-the-font-cannot-be-found> Font issue in TeX Live "Package fontspec Error: The font cannot be found." </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">07/11/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I have a \begin{multicols}{2} document with these conditions.
\documentclass[12pt]{arti"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/604637/how-to-insert-an-image-with-multicols> How to insert an image with multicols </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">07/01/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I use overleaf on Windows for my research papers and thesis and it works fine. However,"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/603303/install-and-use-latexdiff-without-miktex> Install and use latexdiff without MikTex </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/30/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I have installed yesterday MikTex and WinEdt 10.3 version on my computer.
I have opened"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/603173/modern-cv-winedt-and-miktex-after-installation-on-windows-7-do-not-work> Modern cv - WinEdt and MikTex - after Installation on Windows 7 - do not work </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/30/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            Although I have installed the pst.tools file, when I write code in the program, I get a"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/603170/latex-file-not-installed-error> LaTex file not installed error </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/28/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            On my Windows 10 system I regularly use MiKTeX's xelatex command:
hello.tex

\documentc"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/602983/documentation-for-miktex-xelatex> documentation for MiKTeX xelatex </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/27/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I reinstalled system recently.
From my software archives, I can say that I was using Te"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/602841/pdf-file-not-rendering-the-same-after-system-reinstallation-miktex-texmaker> PDF file not rendering the same after system reinstallation (MikTex, TeXMaker) </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/27/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            when I try to type with Arabic I get errors. I found Arabic was not installed. herewith"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/602819/how-can-i-install-arabic-package-in-miktex> How Can I install Arabic package in MikTex? [duplicate] </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/24/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            [This is a follow-up question to this question.]
I am trying to use the minted package "href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/602580/how-do-i-convince-miktex-that-pygments-is-actually-installed> How do I convince MikTex that pygments is actually installed? </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/24/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I am trying to use the minted package but get the error
! Package minted Error: You mus"href=https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/602574/how-do-i-invoke-latex-with-the-shell-escape-flag-in-miktex> How do I invoke LaTeX with the -shell-escape flag in MikTex? [duplicate] </a></div></div></div><div class="tab-pane fade"id=texso><div class=row><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/30/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I can't get xelatex to compile anything in texworks. I just reinstalled miktex 21.6 on "href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68195721/xelatex-wont-compile-in-texworks> xelatex won't compile in texworks </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/10/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            Updates at end
After an extremely painful update process largely because PDF export use"href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67916736/how-to-fix-jupyter-pdf-export-png-in-markdown-inclusion-failed> How to fix: Jupyter PDF export PNG (in markdown) inclusion failed </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">05/18/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I am trying to compile a large document with several chapters and about 100 tikzpicture"href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67592235/tikzexternalize-with-extra-memory-for-single-figures> tikzexternalize with extra memory for single figures </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">05/08/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I am trying to add vertical space in first column but after writing \vspace{10cm}, stil"href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67449278/in-latex-not-able-to-add-space-i-e-use-vspacelength-in-multicolumn-i-e-i> In LaTeX not able to add space (i.e. use \vspace{length}) in multicolumn (i.e. in \begin{multicols} environment) </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">05/06/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I have a similar problem as already described, but the answers do not help me, that is "href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67423778/how-do-you-compile-to-pdf-files-in-r-problem> How do you compile to pdf files in R? Problem </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">05/01/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I (try to) make my first steps with LaTeX in order to write my internship's report. I t"href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67343526/quick-build-impossible-in-texmaker-pdflatex-synctex-1-interaction-nonstopmod> Quick Build impossible in TeXmaker : pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">04/17/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I have been trying to add subfigure captions on my document but couldnot find any. kind"href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67136082/how-to-add-sub-figure-on-mnras-latex-paper> how to add sub figure on MNRAS LATEX paper? </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">03/02/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I have problem with running my .rnw (I am running Sweave) files in RStudio due to this "href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66443986/rstudio-sweave-error-exit-code-1073740791> RStudio Sweave error -> exit code -1073740791 </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">02/26/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            After successfully creation of a pdf, I only made a simple addition to the text without"href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66382335/undefined-control-sequence-miktex> Undefined Control Sequence - Miktex </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">02/21/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title="
            I'm currently using Rstudio and R markdown to create a pdf. However, every time I attem"href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66305985/rstudio-pdflatex-exe-did-not-succeed> Rstudio pdflatex.exe did not succeed </a></div></div></div><div class="tab-pane fade"id=mailinglist><div class=row><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">06/28/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2021/06/28 -- Ralf Heckmann via MiKTeX-Users"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00162.html> Problem with console since latest update </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">03/18/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2021/03/18 -- Ralf Heckmann via MiKTeX-Users"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00160.html> Problem with xelatex since last update </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">03/14/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2021/03/14 -- Ariovaldo V Garcia"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00157.html> Error updating </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">03/11/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2021/03/11 -- Evan Cooch"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00156.html> user-created format files | where to put? </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">02/12/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2021/02/12 -- Ralf Heckmann via MiKTeX-Users"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00155.html> Compiling error after latest MiKTeX update (hyperref) </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">01/26/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2021/01/26 -- Aradenatorix Veckhôm Avecælus"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00152.html> MikTex \l command does not produce the Polish ł </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">01/24/2021</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2021/01/24 -- Victor Krym via MiKTeX-Users"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00151.html> MikTex \l command does not produce the Polish ł </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">10/31/2020</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2020/10/31 -- Jennifer Harding"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00150.html> MiKTeX-Users Digest, Vol 164, Issue 4 </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">10/29/2020</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2020/10/29 -- Jennifer Harding"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00149.html> MiKTeX-Users Digest, Vol 164, Issue 3 </a></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 col-xl-1 text-nowrap">10/27/2020</div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 col-xl-11"><a title=" 2020/10/27 -- Michael Strack via MiKTeX-Users"href=http://www.mail-archive.com/miktex-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00148.html> MikTeX with shared package repo on App-V </a></div></div></div></div></div></div></main></div><footer><nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm navbar-light bg-light fixed-bottom"><div class=container><span class=navbar-text> © 2021 Christian Schenk </span><button aria-label="Toggle navigation"aria-controls=navbarSupportedContent2 aria-expanded=false class=navbar-toggler data-target=#navbarSupportedContent2 data-toggle=collapse type=button><span class=navbar-toggler-icon> </span></button><div class="navbar-collapse collapse"id=navbarSupportedContent2><ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto"><li class=nav-item><a class=nav-link href=/copying> License </a><li class=nav-item><a class=nav-link href=/privacy> Privacy Policy </a><li class=nav-item><a class=nav-link href=/datenschutzerklaerung> Datenschutzerklärung </a><li class=nav-item><a class=nav-link href=/widerrufsbelehrung> Widerrufsbelehrung </a><li class=nav-item><a class=nav-link href=/impressum> Impressum </a></ul></div></div></nav></footer><script src=/lib/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=9_aliU8dGd2tb6OSsuzixeV4y_faTqgFtohetphbbj0></script><script src=/lib/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js?v=2JaAhvdQnfNMMnhWPauHOZ2k-dzftBmBjjownu3HC4g></script><script src=/js/MiKTeXorg.min.js?v=3A1XecezJQiQfG940gV-KhPe9rPJLScvQNKR9mmWcWg></script><script defer src=/js/fontawesome.min.js></script><script defer src=/js/packs/brands.min.js></script><script defer src=/js/packs/solid.min.js></script>