Font stlye shows separately in font family

[reinwei]

Font style shows up as font family. How can it be show in font style instead of in the font families.

Thanks in advance!

[Dave_LaRonde]

If you did that, you couldn't tell the difference between the light and extra bold versions.... and who wants that?

[reinwei]

Hi Dave, thanks for replying.
please refer to my reply at the bottom, thanks!

[Dave Merchant]

It depends how they are configured by the foundry. Some fonts are identified in the headers as part of a family, some are not. You can also end up with weights from different vendors on the same system, and those should never be grouped as a family because the glyphs are different.

[reinwei]

Hi Dave,
thanks for the reply. I think there's a misunderstanding with my post. I hope it's cleared with my current reply on this post.

I have the same problem with other fonts like Helvetica, Frutiger, Typograph Pro.

Unlike Montserrat and Myriad Pro, they work fine.

So it would really help me if I figured out this problem!

[reinwei]

I'm a motion graphics artist and I'm animating kinetic typography.
Attached video here is the ideal setup I'm looking for.
I used montserrat font from the previous project I'm working on.
Now I'm using gotham but it doesn't work the same as montserrat.

By being able to select font style in the right place, it makes my workflow
easier and faster. On the other hand, selecting the font style in the font familyhas the tendency to select other font instead of just the font style

[reinwei]

The same problem as this post 4 years ago,
how can I combine one font with many styles to show up as one font

so I was wondering if there's a fix for this now that it's 2018

[Dave Merchant]

The "fix" is to get the foundry to change their naming conventions. After Effects (and all installed programs) simply read the font list from the operating system, and that in turn gets the name and family from the font file header.

[reinwei]

Hi Dave, thanks for writing back. How do I get the foundry to change their naming conventions?

[Dave Merchant]

In short, unless it's a very small operation or a bespoke font you won't. The big foundries (Linotype, ITC, Monotype, etc.) have a set way of doing business that has been developed over half a century or more. Changing the name of an existing font would break compatibility with millions of documents.

You could edit the font files yourself, giving your copy a different name, but unless it's a public domain typeface that is going to breach the license (fonts are protected by copyright and trademark) - and it's not something you can do without specialist software. None of this is an Adobe software issue, and as such is off-topic for this forum.

[reinwei]

Thanks for the info. I know it's not an Adobe software issue but I'm sure a lot of Adobe users experience this as well.
I just thought it would be best be posted in this forum.
Wasn't able to resolve this one, but thanks for the info anyway.

[Andrew Yoole]

Everything above is correct.  The naming structure of every font is controlled by the designer, and has nothing to do with Adobe, or your OS.

There are a gazillion variants of Gotham around, so you could probably find one that has the structure you're after, just a matter of searching.  Or, if you're game, use a Font creation application like FontForge to re-structure the font in the way you require it.

FontForge Open Source Font Editor

[reinwei]

Hi Andrew, thanks for trying to help.
I never said it has something to do with Adobe or my OS.
I already tried variants of Gotham and unfortunately didn't find the structure I'm after.
I also considered FontForge, just thought there's an easy fix for this.
Thanks anyway!

[Nick Koy]

Hi, 6 years later I'm having the same problem and apparently this has to do with the designer of the font. Have you had much luck with FontForge or found a better way?