Two naming conventions in one font. Is it possible?

Glyphs
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I have the next naming convention in my font:

martian-fonts-naming-convention-current@2x
martian-fonts-naming-convention-current@2x1220×1004 61.2 KB

Google Fonts want me to switch to the standard convention:

martian-fonts-naming-convention-standard@2x
martian-fonts-naming-convention-standard@2x1220×916 102 KB

I’d like not to switch completely. Instead, I’m looking for ways to have both naming conventions in one Glyphs file and activate/deactivate the corresponding one before exporting the font.

I see no problem in adding the second set of export instances. However, what should I do with master names? Should they comply with instance names?

Any advice on how to set up something like this? :sweat_smile:

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I’m not sure master names even make it into exported fonts, so I would think the master names don’t matter for your purposes.

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Never mind about the master names, they don’t make any difference to the exports. You can do either of the following options:

  • Duplicate existing instances, edit names on duplicates, activate/deactivate as needed for exports (manual approach)
  • Run a small script over your exports that edits the name table entries accordingly, for example with fonttools (scripting approach)
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You can also use a project file to have two sets of instances.

I would not resort to post processing script. There are enough options to set things up in the glyphs source.

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Thank you all!