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Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output |
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Wed, 18 Jul 2018 06:31:29 +0200 (CEST) |
> I *think* I've finally understood how to read the output:
>
> * The "names" part of the details has always one or two entries,
> never more.
> * The first of these names is always identical to the family name
> * If a second name is present this is the font weight this entry is
> * about
>
> ['Helvetica LT Std', 'style=Bold']
> ['Helvetica LT Std,Helvetica LT Std Cond Blk', 'style=Black
> Condensed,Regular']
> ['Helvetica LT Std,Helvetica LT Std Black', 'style=Black
> Oblique,Italic']
AFAIU, this is the result of three competing font naming standards.
It probably helps if you read the OpenType specification directly.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/name#name-ids
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/namesmp
Add some special `features' of fontconfig, and you arrive at the
current mess.
Werner
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, (continued)
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Aaron Hill, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Aaron Hill, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Aaron Hill, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Aaron Hill, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output,
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/07/17
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Torsten Hämmerle, 2018/07/17
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- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/24
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, David Wright, 2018/07/24
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/24
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Federico Bruni, 2018/07/25
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/25
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Federico Bruni, 2018/07/25
- Re: Format of -dshow-available-fonts output, Urs Liska, 2018/07/25