How to Group Widths and Weights as font styles inside one Typeface
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:22 am
Hi there.
I have been having a heck of a time getting all width and weight variations to show in the Font Style menus of Adobe software, specifically Photoshop. All I see are the subfamilies Regular, Bold, Bold Italic, and Italic. Illustrator seems to be okay. Here are the items I am varying:
Font Properties > Font Information > Width
Font Properties > Font Information > Weight
I've tried emulating what Myriad Pro and Helvetica do, but they seem to be able to vary the Font Family while keeping all variations in the same Font Family in Photoshop (see attached screenshots). Their postscript name seems to ignore the Font Family as well, as stays consistent before the hyphen across all fonts. It looks like they are using the Preferred Family and Preferred Subfamily to keep the Family consistent. This is reinforced when reviewing the PostScript Names > Family Name in FontForge, for example.
I have tried to copy Myriad and Helvetica by making changes to the Font Family, Preferred Family, and Preferred Subfamily, but my Font families end up as new Font Families in the Photoshop Font menu. When I keep the Font Family the same, my condensed, thin, light, and expanded variations don't show up as alternative font styles in the Photoshop Font Style menu.
I need help.
I have been having a heck of a time getting all width and weight variations to show in the Font Style menus of Adobe software, specifically Photoshop. All I see are the subfamilies Regular, Bold, Bold Italic, and Italic. Illustrator seems to be okay. Here are the items I am varying:
Font Properties > Font Information > Width
Font Properties > Font Information > Weight
I've tried emulating what Myriad Pro and Helvetica do, but they seem to be able to vary the Font Family while keeping all variations in the same Font Family in Photoshop (see attached screenshots). Their postscript name seems to ignore the Font Family as well, as stays consistent before the hyphen across all fonts. It looks like they are using the Preferred Family and Preferred Subfamily to keep the Family consistent. This is reinforced when reviewing the PostScript Names > Family Name in FontForge, for example.
I have tried to copy Myriad and Helvetica by making changes to the Font Family, Preferred Family, and Preferred Subfamily, but my Font families end up as new Font Families in the Photoshop Font menu. When I keep the Font Family the same, my condensed, thin, light, and expanded variations don't show up as alternative font styles in the Photoshop Font Style menu.
I need help.