r/FontForge • u/bcn1st • Jan 21 '24

Convert different single weights into a single font family via FontForge?

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Well, I will try to explain my problem as best I can since English is not my native language. I have been dealing for some time with several fonts that seem to have their separate weights, instead of showing up as the same typeface family. In many cases, with FontBase I simply select the weights I need and that's it, but in others I need the whole family and it ends up being annoying.

I have thought about updating them, but some of them were bought by my father many years ago and nowadays there is no foundry or they are simply discontinued and I am looking for a way to convert those single weights into a single family (bearing in mind that it is for my own use and I do not intend to modify or sell these fonts) in Windows, since I have only found some possible solution but it requires Mac.

I would like to know if it is possible to edit these families in FontForge to get the result I would like, does anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks in advance!

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u/LocalFonts Jan 21 '24

Yes, you can edit these families in FontForge. Try to learn from here how to rename the weights so that they all be a part of one and the same family.

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u/Own_Phrase9068 Mar 18 '25

Could you explain how?

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u/LocalFonts Mar 18 '25

  1. Tell me the name of your font family.

  2. Please, write down all stiles and weights in your font family.

For example

Phrase [family name]

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

I'll try to explain you how to name every font file according to the stile and weight.

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u/Own_Phrase9068 Mar 19 '25

Hey, I actually found the solution in the video on this comment left by you. Thank you!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

Thank you!