The family way

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5 total messages Started by Michael_H._Phillips Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:34

#176

Author: Michael_H._Phillips
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:34

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Is there a way of grouping a set of fonts into a family?

I'm using Today SB, a set of twenty Type 1 fonts. In applications (including 
FontExplorer) they display as twenty discrete fonts, not grouped as a family 
as other fonts are. It's a nuisance.

-- 
Michael

mhphillips at gmail dot com

Re: The family way

#177

Author: Don_McCahill
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:34

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Not as a user. Family listing is determined by the application, using information within the font. This has resulted in weirdness in the past, like when Helvetica Light and Helvetica Black were familied(??) together, resulting in a lot of neophytes using the Black as the bold for Light, which should never (almost always) be done.

Re: The family way

#178

Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:16

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...unless you're doing an in-your-face instruction manual. <lol>

Neil

Re: The family way

#180

Author: Thomas_Phinney
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:09

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Just to clarify, this can be done, but it requires editing a number of fields in the font to do it properly. Besides questions of doing this correctly, there are several issues. Most notably:

1) Most font licensing terms don't allow such modifications (Adobe's license being a notable exception).

2) Your modified fonts would then be incompatible with other people's versions. If you share your documents or collaborate, that could be an issue.

Cheers,

T

Re: The family way

#181

Author: Michael_H._Phillips
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:23

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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:09:38 +0000, Thomas_Phinney@adobeforums.com wrote:

> Just to clarify, this can be done, but it requires editing a number of fields 

> in the font to do it properly. Besides questions of doing this correctly, 
> there are several issues. Most notably:
> 
> 1) Most font licensing terms don't allow such modifications (Adobe's license 
> being a notable exception).
> 
> 2) Your modified fonts would then be incompatible with other people's 
> versions. If you share your documents or collaborate, that could be an issue.

Thanks Thomas. I won't meddle.

-- 
Michael

mhphillips at gmail dot com

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