Can't load font by filename

[pgundlach]

If I understand the manual, this should load a font and display it:

\input luaotfload.sty

\font\test=/pub/fonts/G/GaramondPremierPro/GaramondPremrPro-Med.otf at 11pt
\test 
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.

\bye

but instead I get

luaotfload | Font names database saved: %s 
: /Users/patrick/.texlive2011/texmf
-var/luatex-cache/generic/names/otfl-names.lua
! Font \test=/pub/fonts/G/GaramondPremierPro/GaramondPremrPro-Med.otf at 11pt n
ot loadable: metric data not found or bad.
<to be read again> 
                   \test 
l.4 \test

I expected to get the font loaded and used by LuaTeX. Some version info:

~/TeX/luatex/test$ luatex test
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011062107 (rev 4277) 
 restricted \write18 enabled.
(./test.tex (/opt/texlive2011/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload.sty
(/opt/texlive2011/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase.sty
Package: luatexbase 2010/10/06 v0.3 Module utilities for LuaTeX
...

and

(/opt/texlive2011/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload.lua)
Lua module: luaotfload 2011/04/21 1.25 OpenType layout system.

[wspr]

This is an area where the interface has occasionally changed, if I recall correctly. Does it work to write

\font\test={file:/pub/fonts/G/GaramondPremierPro/GaramondPremrPro-Med.otf} at 11pt

instead? (The braces aren't necessary but not a bad idea.)

[pgundlach]

That works, thanks! Then the bug is in the documentation, right?

[wspr]

Yes, best to keep this issue open to remind us to fix the docs! Thanks for spotting this.

[khaledhosny]

It is more of a bug in the code (the fallback is not working as it should), but I'll just call it a feature and change the documentation.