John’s theory seems likely. As a test, try changing the family name to, say, “LS Ultre Grotesk” and see if that behaves as expected, or exhibits the same unexpected behavior. (View Post)
Yes, most apps that can do what you want, also have other features you do not need. Certainly among the font editors most of us here are familiar with. That said, it is not as if you are forced to “j… (View Post)
AFAIK, Name ID 1 (family name) is how apps know the fonts are in the same style-linked family. Without that, you got nothin’. Maybe there is a little fancy footwork possible with the alternate family… (View Post)
Or, you are doing a font for Google and are required to use a Fontmake+UFO+DesignSpace build workflow, regardless of what your font editor can do! (View Post)
Thanks, Stephen. TypeDrawers was always a good idea, but with the demise of Typophile it became the only game in town. If you hadn't kept it alive in the meantime... dang, I dunno what! Much apprecia… (View Post)