Symbol font style
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Symbol font style
For Symbol font, MainType indicates a "Normal" style and FontCreator a "Regular" style. Why this difference?
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Re: Symbol font style
In MainType 11, all of my Symbol fonts indicate a regular style.
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Re: Symbol font style
Here is what it looks like in Maintype 11 with the free Microsoft fonts having the sequence ‘symbol’ in their name.
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Re: Symbol font style
My version of MainType (MainType 11.0.0.1268 [May 21, 2021]) shows that Symbol font as Regular. I have only a couple of very old WordPerfect IconSymbols fonts that show up as Normal.
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Re: Symbol font style
My Symbol font also shows up as Regular in FontCreator Font Properties Subfamily, but Custom naming for export shows Normal for several languages, so maybe it depends on the version of Windows that you have installed?
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Re: Symbol font style
I don't have all this in Font properties.
I wonder if I have the right version of FontCreator.
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Re: Symbol font style
Yes, you have the correct version of FontCreator.
You need to go to the Instances tab and then click the button at the right of the Style Name. Then you can see and edit the localized style names.
A non-variable font has one instance, while a variable font usually has numerous instances.
You need to go to the Instances tab and then click the button at the right of the Style Name. Then you can see and edit the localized style names.
A non-variable font has one instance, while a variable font usually has numerous instances.
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Re: Symbol font style
Phew! Thanks Bhikkhu and Erwin. I thought I would have to uninstall and reinstall Font Creator.