# Rename Font Files **URL:** \ **Category:** Implemented Feature Requests\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504 "2006-12-06T17:59:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/bhikkhu_pesala/32/9411_2.png) [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/1 "2006-12-06T17:59:47Z")
With my own fonts, instead of trying to fit them into an 8.3 DOS filename, I name them as Garava Regular.ttf, Verajja Bold Italic.ttf, etc. How often have you tried to figure out a font’s name from its Truetype filename? Wouldn’t it be good if MainType could automatically rename a whole bunch of Truetype font files with appropriate names? Rename Font Files.png Would it perhaps be better to use the Postscript name to avoid spaces in the names? Personally I prefer spaces as that makes it easier to read. ItalianGaramondBT-Bold ItalianGaramondBT-Roman ItalianGaramondBT-Italic ---
**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/2 "2006-12-06T20:32:49Z")
Thanks Bhikkhu Pesala! Sounds like a nice new feature. I’ll add it to the to-do list right away. ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Pape](https://forum.high-logic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dick\_Pape](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Dick_Pape)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/3 "2006-12-08T04:12:17Z")
Renaming fonts from the rather random file names has been a bother to many of the font swapping groups “forever”. The answer has been to use specialized utilities to standardize them to the “Full Font Name”. As FC autonames to Full Font Name, the circle is complete. There are several good programs which do this, the best of the bunch is perhaps FontRenamer by Philip L. Engel. In addition to TTF and OTF, it does Type1 and FON as well as .ai and .eps. It will rename in place, move, copy or list renamed fonts. It runs against directories and/or subdirectories. It handles duplicate file names (1), (2) and checks for invalid font files. It is of “uptodate” design. What’s more it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/bhikkhu_pesala/32/9411_2.png) [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/4 "2006-12-08T07:17:35Z")
It occurred to me that this needs to be language specific, i.e. instead of Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic, anyone with a Spanish locale setting would presumably want the font names to include Normal, Cursiva, Negrita, and Negrita Cursiva — though the usual convention seems to be not to include “Regular” as part of the regular font name. ---
**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/5 "2006-12-08T08:46:18Z")
Here is a link to font renamers: [http://www.fontrenamer.com/](http://www.fontrenamer.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/bhikkhu_pesala/32/9411_2.png) [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/6 "2016-06-12T17:41:47Z")
I still use this [Font Renamer](http://www.neuber.com/free/fontrenamer/index.html), which does the job well enough, but it would still be nice to be able to do it from within MainType. ![Font Renamer.png](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9409a9134b474ad2e0ffd3536f27d209d25a2d65.png) ---
**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/7 "2016-06-12T18:12:07Z")
Do select the fonts and then export them. They will get nice names. ---
**Author:** ![Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/bhikkhu_pesala/32/9411_2.png) [@Bhikkhu\_Pesala](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/Bhikkhu_Pesala)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/rename-font-files/1504/8 "2016-06-12T19:14:04Z")
> [@Erwin Denissen](#): > > Do select the fonts and then export them. They will get nice names. Thanks. That works just fine. ![Nice Names.png](https://forum.high-logic.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8a600e928c35861d7f8af77f152bb358f745d0db.png)