extrafont has been removed from CRAN

[py]

I recently updated R and am reinstalling my frequently used libraries. I attempted to reinstall hrbrthemes (can't live without it!) and ran into an issue. It seems the extrafont library is no longer available via CRAN. Someone created an issue on the extrafont repo asking for additional information: wch/extrafont#104

Are there alternatives to extrafont that can be used? In the meantime, I will install an old version of extrafont.

Session Info

R version 4.5.1 (2025-06-13 ucrt)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
Running under: Windows 11 x64 (build 26100)

Installation of hrbrthemes error

ERROR: dependency 'extrafont' is not available for package 'hrbrthemes'
Perhaps try a variation of:
install.packages('extrafont')

link to CRAN page for extrafont

https://cran.r-project.org/package=extrafont

Package ‘extrafont’ was removed from the CRAN repository.

Formerly available versions can be obtained from the archive.

Archived on 2025-09-09 as requires archived package 'Rttf2pt1'.

A summary of the most recent check results can be obtained from the check results archive.

Please use the canonical form https://cran.r-project.org/package=extrafont to link to this page.

[tbates]

I see hrbrthemes itself is now archived on CRAN... Is it going to be resuscitated?

[swiderskiji]

I see hrbrthemes itself is now archived on CRAN... Is it going to be resuscitated?

I was similarly surprised to learn from my new computer that package ‘hrbrthemes’ is not available for this version of R (4.5.1) and hope it comes back...

[temospena]

We are facing the same problem in another 3rd package only because extrafont is not available.
OPATP/GTFSwizard#5

Are there alternatives to extrafont that can be used? In the meantime, I will install an old version of extrafont.

Maybe using and old version can be the workaround?

[gmatosferreira]

The source and the binaries are now all back on CRAN.

Originally posted by @fbertran in #104

Since extrafont is back on CRAN, can't you resubmit hrbrthemes to CRAN again, @hrbrmstr?