Static fonts with family name suffix and variable font with style name prefix — is it possible?

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What I want is:

Goal 1. Export static fonts as two separate families:

[Family Name Text] [Regular]
[Family Name Text] [Bold]
[Family Name Display] [Regular]
[Family Name Display] [Bold]

Goal 2. Export variable font with prefix before the style name:

[Family Name VF] [Text Regular]
[Family Name VF] [Text Bold]
[Family Name VF] [Display Regular]
[Family Name VF] [Display Bold]

Is it possible to export such a structure from the same source in one go? From what I tried, I can achieve only Goal 1 (using Localised Family Names) or Goal 2 (by simply renaming instances names), but not both goals at the same time.

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I can imagine something like this:
Font Info → Exports → Add Variable Font Setting → Custom Parameters → +

axis: opsz, value: 12, instance prefix: Text
axis: opsz, value: 48, instance prefix: Display
3

That’s possible already. There’s a Variable Style Name property in the General section of the instances.

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4

Thank you Rainer, this is exactly what I needed :raising_hands:

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