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Generated fonts don't show up in Apple's font menu
See original GitHub issueIt seems OpenType.js doesn’t set the correct fields for language and script, which means that OS X doesn’t list them in font menus (you can still select the font from the font dialog.
To reproduce:
- Generate a font, for example by running
node examples/generate-font-node.js - Install the font on OS X
- In Font Book, show the font info. Note that entries for “Language” and “Script” are missing.
- In TextEdit, the font is not listed in the font menu.
Screenshot of Font Book:
Example font: Pyramid-Regular.otf.zip
Issue Analytics
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- Created 7 years ago
- Comments:12 (12 by maintainers)
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After more testing it turns out the required set is .notdef, A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and space. I’ve updated the
generate-font-nodeexample and now it appears in TextEdit. Awesome!No the period is not required — I tested it without. It’s just something I wanted to add because it’s so frequently used.