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Step 4 of 4

Now when the "new" font is installed it has the name you provided and is no longer part of a family.


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The font now appears in the property inspector and can be used to assign the typeface.


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Sorted! It would be really nice though if the developers could provide ...

Step 3 of 4

Now to regenerate the Font. Select "Generate Fonts..." from the "File" menu


Select "TrueType" in the drop down menu.


... then click "Generate".

Step 2 of 4

Change the Fontname, Family Name and Name for Humans to a name of your choice.


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Click on "TTF Names" in the left hand panel. Select the line containing the "Preferred Family" in the grid.


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Click "Delete" and then "OK"


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Step 1 of 4

Download a copy of FontForge. It's open source.
https://fontforge.org/en-US/

Make a copy of the Typeface you wish to use, and open it in FontForge.


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Select "Font Info" from the "Element Menu


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Click on "PSNames" in the left hand panel (it may already be selected ...

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Big thanks to Sparkout for discovering the following...

https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21804

It's worth a read. This bug was first reported by Ken Ray in 2019 (only 5 years ago) and still hasn't been fixed.


"Bug 21804 - LC does not allow access to available font ...

Thanks once again, Bernd, its very much appreciated.

I've changed the code and checked the name of the typeface...

on mouseup
answer file "Select a Font..."
put it into tFont
start using font file tFont
set the textfont of fld "fFont" to "Quicksand Light"
end mouseup


This is step one ...

... The Livecode guide states...


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So weights available via textstyle are limited, and don't represent the full options available.

I've written some brief code (thanks to others)...

on mouseup
answer file "Select a Font..."
put it into tFont
start using font file tFont
set the ...

... and a third example... Quicksand ...


Listed as a single item in Livecode...


Multiple styles installed...


Available in other applications...

...

...

and another favorite of mine DinPro...


Listed as a single option in Livecode...


Three options installed...


... and available in other applications...


...

The same issue occurs with numerous other fonts...

For example Bahnscrift...

Listed as a single option in Live Code...


Multiple styles installed...


Available in other applications...


...

Thanks for your comments Stam. I am using Livecode 9.6.9 on three different Windows systems.

As you say Open Sans appears in the Font menu "although only 3 typefaces". The faces and weights I need, which do not appear, are...


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... even though they are installed ...


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... and ...

Thanks again Bernd for your continued interest.
As it appears that as no else has ever had this issue, then I'd be tempted to suggest it's my setup. However, I use three totally different Windows machines, and it's the same on them all.
I can't believe I'm the first to discover this anomaly. If I ...

Thanks Bernd for your continued assistance. I've written a test app...

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The code for the 'Test' button is

on mouseup
answer file "choose font"
if it is not empty then
put it into tFile
start using font file tFile
end if
put fontnames() into fld "fFonts"
end ...

Thank Bernd. I'm using Windows 11 (I have three different PC's) and have copied and pasted your code, however Open Sans Light still isn't listed. So sorry, no pint yet
Interesting, SparkOut. I wonder if the two issues are separate or related?

I'd love to be able to attach the Open Sans Font Family here, but I just get an "invalid file extension" error.

Anyway, the full family can be downloaded from...

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans

Anyone who can get a field to display...

Open Sans Light
Open Sans Medium
Open Sans ...