fixes name table entries for static files, re issue #519

Makefile

@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ $(FONTDIR)/static/%.otf: $(UFODIR)/%.ufo build/features_data | $(FONTDIR)/static
 
 $(FONTDIR)/static/InterDisplay-%.ttf: $(UFODIR)/InterDisplay-%.ufo build/features_data | $(FONTDIR)/static venv
 	. $(VENV) ; fontmake -u $< -o ttf --output-path $@ $(FM_ARGS_2)
-	. $(VENV) ; python misc/tools/fix-static-display-names.py $@
 
 $(FONTDIR)/static/%.ttf: $(UFODIR)/%.ufo build/features_data | $(FONTDIR)/static venv
 	. $(VENV) ; fontmake -u $< -o ttf --output-path $@ $(FM_ARGS_2)

misc/tools/fix-static-display-names.py

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def main():
 
   family = "Inter Display"
   style = remove_substring(getStyleName(font), "Display")
+  isItalic = style.find('Italic') != -1
   if style == '':
     style = 'Regular'
 
@@ -110,14 +111,16 @@ def main():
         id[3] = fullNamePs
         rec.string = ";".join(id)
       elif id == LEGACY_FAMILY: # ID 1
-        rec.string = family
+        rec.string = family + ' ' + style
+      elif id == SUBFAMILY_NAME: # ID 2
+        rec.string = 'Italic' if isItalic else 'Regular'
       elif id == PREFERRED_FAMILY: # ID 16
         rec.string = family
       elif id == WWS_FAMILY: # ID 21
         rec.string = family
       elif id == WWS_SUBFAMILY: # ID 22
         rec.string = style
-      elif id in (SUBFAMILY_NAME, TYPO_SUBFAMILY_NAME): # ID 2, ID 17
+      elif id == TYPO_SUBFAMILY_NAME: # ID 17
         rec.string = style
 
     # print("————————————————————————————————————————————————————")

misc/tools/postprocess_instance_ufo.py

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import sys
+import sys, re
 import defcon
 
 
+WHITESPACE_RE = re.compile(r'\s+')
+
+
+def rmspace(s):
+  return WHITESPACE_RE.sub('', s)
+
+
 # See https://github.com/rsms/inter/issues/508
 # TODO: Remove when https://github.com/googlefonts/glyphsLib/issues/821 is fixed
 def fix_fractional_advance_width(ufo):
@@ -19,6 +26,20 @@ def main(argv):
   ufo_file = argv[1]
   ufo = defcon.Font(ufo_file)
   fix_fractional_advance_width(ufo)
+
+  # fix legacy names to make style linking work in MS Windows
+  familyName = ufo.info.familyName  # e.g. "Inter Display"
+  styleName = ufo.info.styleName    # e.g. "ExtraBold"
+  ufo.info.openTypeNamePreferredFamilyName = familyName
+  ufo.info.openTypeNamePreferredSubfamilyName = styleName
+
+  ufo.info.familyName = familyName + ' ' + styleName
+  ufo.info.styleName = 'Regular' if styleName.find('Italic') == -1 else 'Italic'
+
+  # must also set these explicitly to avoid PostScript names like "Inter-ThinRegular":
+  # "postscriptFontName" maps to name ID 6 "postscriptName"
+  ufo.info.postscriptFontName = rmspace(familyName) + '-' + rmspace(styleName)
+
   ufo.save(ufo_file)
 
 

src/Inter-Italic.glyphspackage/fontinfo.plist

@@ -4040,6 +4040,7 @@ instanceInterpolations = {
 };
 isBold = 1;
 isItalic = 1;
+linkStyle = Regular;
 name = "Bold Italic";
 weightClass = 700;
 },
@@ -4511,6 +4512,7 @@ m010 = 0.52;
 };
 isBold = 1;
 isItalic = 1;
+linkStyle = Regular;
 name = "Bold Italic";
 properties = (
 {

src/Inter-Roman.glyphspackage/fontinfo.plist

@@ -3987,6 +3987,7 @@ instanceInterpolations = {
 "C698F293-3EC0-4A5A-A3A0-0FDB1F5CF265" = 0.48;
 };
 isBold = 1;
+linkStyle = Regular;
 name = Bold;
 weightClass = 700;
 },
@@ -4407,7 +4408,7 @@ m007 = 0.48;
 m009 = 0.52;
 };
 isBold = 1;
-linkStyle = Display;
+linkStyle = Regular;
 name = Bold;
 properties = (
 {
@@ -4460,6 +4461,8 @@ instanceInterpolations = {
 m007 = 0.24;
 m009 = 0.76;
 };
+isBold = 1;
+linkStyle = Medium;
 name = ExtraBold;
 properties = (
 {
@@ -4511,6 +4514,8 @@ value = 0;
 instanceInterpolations = {
 m009 = 1;
 };
+isBold = 1;
+linkStyle = SemiBold;
 name = Black;
 properties = (
 {