How to Include Width in Family Name

Glyphs
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Hi all,

I’m wanting to set the naming of my typeface up to include the width in the family name rather than the style name. EG:

BrisbaneComp-Bold
BrisbaneComp-BoldItalic

rather than…

Brisbane-CompBold
Brisbane-CompBoldItalic

I’m struggling to full understand the Glyphs manual on how to do this. I’ve tried a few things including adding the Typographic Family Names and Typographic Style Names with no luck.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks so much

2

It appears by using Localized Family Names and Localized Style Names works, however the manual says this is for naming based on the language setting.

3

If you want this naming scheme for the whole family, just set the Family Name in Font – General – Family Name to “Brisbane Comp” and omit the width part from the style names in Exports – General – Style Name, e.g. “Bold Italic”.

Otherwise setting the Localized Family/Style Name should work fine. Just keep the language at “Default”.

4

Thanks Jens, I have 5 widths so I think the localized family/style names is the way to go. Thanks so much for your response.