Modifying a TrueType Font name/style

[micheal]

On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 17:05 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> I recently purchased a font family that contains 22 fonts.
> Each font though is marked as its own font family with regular style.
> For example -
> 
> Wastrel - style regular
> Wastrel Bold - style regular
> Wastrel Light - style regular
> Wastrel Oblique - style regular
> Wastrel Bold Oblique - style regular
> Wastrel Light Oblique - style regular
> 
> I want a command line tool or script or something to modify these so
> that Wastrel Bold will be family Wastrel style Bold etc.
> 
> I could then reduce the 22 fonts in the font menu down to four (Wastel,
> Wastrel Condensed, Wastrel Expanded, Wastrel Outline) - and using the
> "bold" button in AbiWord etc. will work properly, using "Italic" will
> use the real oblique instead of fontconfig generate fake italic, etc.
> 
> Based upon running strings on the Type1 (.pfb) version of the font, I'm
> pretty sure I can change those appropriately - but I don't have a clue
> on how to change the family name and style on the TrueType version of
> the font. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> This font, btw, is a nice substitute for Comic Sans MS - which has some
> display issues in Linux (because of the Apple patents?) - but it would
> be nice if it wasn't 22 different families - when really only four are
> needed ...
> 
> Thanks for suggestions - I've wasted half a day googling. FontForge
> looks like it might do it, but there has got to be a simpler way.
> 

I don't have many useful suggestions, and it looks like FontForge may be
your best bet. I came across this page while googling though

http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/editors.html

Maybe one of those programs might point you in the right direction

HTH

Micheal