Incorrect font order in menus

Daniel Sabino · February 2016

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 · February 2016

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 · February 2016

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

Incorrect font order in menus

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