rename - Change TTF font name

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2013-08
  • RubyWedge

    How can I change font name? Not ttf file name, but font name.

    For exmple I want to rename Tahoma to the Tahoma7.

    My goal is to rename Tahoma from the Windows 7 and install it for the WindowsXP under different name. So I will have both Tahomas under the single operating system. They are slightly different and need me both.

    • Answers
  • Shevek

    FontForge may be of use:

    FontForge -- An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also lets you convert one format to another. FontForge has support for many macintosh font formats.

  • 8088

    You can use Typograf for that.

    Navigate to the folder where font is located, select .ttf file, click Properties. Properties window will appear:

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    Change font names (font family, full name, Postscript name etc) as required and click "Save as..." button.

  • Beaner

    It does not appear you can do this. I opened the tahoma.ttf file in a hex editor and the version information (including the font family name) is encrypted with something from VeriSign, Inc., specifically VeriSign Time Stamping Services CA. I see the files are different versions, but I can't visually see any difference.

  • cept0

    Microsoft Windows's Font properties editor is free and available at www.microsoft.com (no DKIM).

    It will do the job.


    • Related Question

    Installing Microsoft ttf fonts on Ubuntu
  • therefromhere

    I want to install a Microsoft Vista TTF font (lets say Consolas), on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).

    How do I go about doing that?


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  • Diago

    This article explains how to install the Microsoft fonts on Ubuntu step by step. It's part of the Universe repository.

    This article explain how to install the Vista fonts which includes Consolas on Ubuntu. You need to extract the fonts from the Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer.

  • therefromhere

    If you've got a Windows machine handy (IANAL but I think you need a Vista licence in order to legally use the Consolas font), copy the file somewhere convenient.

    Then in a terminal:

    sudo cp *.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts
cd /usr/local/share/fonts
sudo chown root:root *.ttf
sudo fc-cache
  • Kirill

    Check out this script.

    winetricks is a quick and dirty script to download and install various redistributable runtime libraries...