FontCreator 11.5 - Font name not Valid

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1

I have made an attempt to create a Goudy Old Style font for use in Finale in FontCreator 11.5. the font displays correctly, but when I print the music file to .pdf through AdobePro 2017, I get the following error codes:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[ Error: GoudyOldStyleSmallCaps-Bold not found. Font cannot be embedded. ]%%
%%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: findfont ]%%

Stack:
/Font
(GoudyOldStyleSmallCaps-Bold)
true
/TT5FAt00

In the past I would have used the auto naming wizard to resolve the problem, but I do not see that in the current iteration.

Is there something in properties I have missed that is causing this error?

2

Just an educated guess, but it might be that the font name is too long.

Try GoudyOldStyleSmCp-Bold.

3

It does indeed appear that the name was too long.

After several failures, I chopped it down to Goudy-SmCap and also changed the version string in the Font revision field and was successful.

I am unsure whether it is the shorter name or the updated version string that made it work, but it IS working now.

Thank you for your help.

S. B. Johnson

4

Try reverting to the previous longer name and see if it still works.

5

Is the font actually bold, or do you only have a regular font and try to use both a regular and faux bold version?