documentclass[a4paper,12pt, notitlepage]{article}
usepackage{xltxtra}
defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
setmainfont{Cabin}
begin{document}
footnote{text}
end{document}

documentclass[a4paper,12pt, notitlepage]{article}
usepackage{xltxtra}
defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
setmainfont{EB Garamond}
begin{document}
footnote{text}
end{document}

xdvipdfmx:fatal: Cannot proceed without the font: /usr/share/font/woff/ebgaramond/EBGaramond08-Regular.woff

Output file removed.

/usr/share/fonts/woff/ebgaramond/EBGaramond08-Regular.woff