[fontforge-users] Creating a new font on OS X

[i***@gmail.com]

If I open a preexisting font with FontForge (for example Arial.ttf)
and I make minor changes (for example I modify one character) and then
I save the new .ttf file, when I add it to the Font Book it will
considered as a duplicate of the original Arial.ttf even if the new
file has a different name. How can it be considered as a standalone
font that has nothing to do with the original one?
Thank you

PS: OS X 10.10.3, FontForge 2015-04-30

[Abraham Lee]

Did you try putting a new value in all the *XXXname* metadata fields? I
don't use a Mac, but I'd guess that FontBook is looking at the internal
font names. This is a reasonable decision since many font file names are
"condensed" or something else equally illegible. I've seen many fonts that
follow this mantra.

- Abraham

Post by i***@gmail.com
If I open a preexisting font with FontForge (for example Arial.ttf)
and I make minor changes (for example I modify one character) and then
I save the new .ttf file, when I add it to the Font Book it will
considered as a duplicate of the original Arial.ttf even if the new
file has a different name. How can it be considered as a standalone
font that has nothing to do with the original one?
Thank you
PS: OS X 10.10.3, FontForge 2015-04-30
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