Incorrect font order in menus

Daniel Sabino

The order of the weights of my type family is not showing correct even in the Adobe Creative Suite menu. Below you'll see the WeightClass values that I used, and the final order:

WeightClass Values:

Black 800

Bold 700

Book 600

Light 500

Extra Light 400

Hairline 300



Final order in Adobe menu:

Black

Bold

Book

Extra Light

Hairline

Light

At this point I deduced that InDesign was ignoring the WeightClass values and using an alphabetical order. Then I tried again, now changing the weight names so they would be correct even in alphabetical order:

WeightClass Values:
Black 800
Bold 700
Book 400
Light 350
Super Light 300
Ultra Light 250

Final order in Adobe menu:
Ultra Light
Super Light
Black
Bold
Book
Light

As this second try resulted in a nonsense order (neither alphabetical nor respecting WeightClass values), I decided to look for help.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

ps: I'm using Robofont

Georg Seifert

Did you check the final font (with ttx or OTMaster)?
And are you sure it is not a font cache problem: https://www.glyphsapp.com/tutorials/eliminating-font-cache-problems
https://www.glyphsapp.com/tutorials/testing-your-fonts-in-adobe-apps
Both pages are for Glyphs but the solution applies for all apps.

Daniel Sabino

Looks like it was just a cache problem, it seems to be working now, thanks @Georg Seifert