https://github.com/averms/fontname-from-filename

A quick and dirty script that changes font metadata using the filename
https://github.com/averms/fontname-from-filename

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A quick and dirty script that changes font metadata using the filename

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/averms/fontname-from-filename
• Owner: averms
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-06-12T21:08:24.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-09-22T17:03:08.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-26T13:39:45.196Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: font
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 438 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# fontname-from-filename

A quick and dirty script that changes font metadata using the filename.

## Installation

Requires a Python environment with fonttools.

```sh

# fff.py is a bit easier to type but use whatever you want

curl -L https://github.com/averms/fontname-from-filename/raw/master/fontname-from-filename.py -o fff.py

chmod u+x fff.py

```

## Platforms

Should work on all platforms, but only tested on macOS and Linux.

## Example

```

├── Rival Black Italic.otf

├── Rival Black.otf

├── Rival Bold Italic.otf

├── Rival Bold.otf

├── Rival ExtraBold Italic.otf

├── Rival ExtraBold.otf

├── Rival Light Italic.otf

├── Rival Light.otf

├── Rival Medium Italic.otf

├── Rival Medium.otf

├── Rival Regular Italic.otf

├── Rival Regular.otf

├── Rival UltraLight Italic.otf

└── Rival UltraLight.otf

```

Say the metadata of these fonts are messed up for whatever reason, but the

filenames are correct. This script will fix that by changing records 1, 2, 4,

and 6 of the [name table][1].

Works for fonts with more than one word family names if you change the

`FONT_FAMILY_WORD_COUNT` variable in the beginning of the script. For example,

if the font family is called "Source Code Pro" you should change it to 3.

[1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/name

## Limitations

Does not change the name of CFF fonts yet.

You have to change a constant on the source code for it to work with multiple

word family names.

## Acknowledgements

Thanks to Chris Simpkins for his work on

[fontname.py](https://github.com/chrissimpkins/fontname.py).

This code is distributed under the MIT/Expat License. See LICENSE file for

details.