Post #1807990
2026-03-08 18:19 UTC
@justvanrossum How, then, to explain the RoboFont documentation that clearly defines “production names” and “final names”? (Which, incidentally, align with my own definitions.) https://robofont.com/documentation/topics/production-names/
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@slye@typo.social 2026-03-08 18:22
@justvanrossum For what it’s worth – and speaking as someone who spent a lot of time creating and working with the Adobe “GlyphOrderAndAliasDB” – I’ve always used “final names” for those that end up in the compiled font. I probably used “production names” for the development phase, but we also called them “friendly” names.
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@justvanrossum@typo.social 2026-03-08 18:29
@slye Full circle! That's how this whole discussion started: I find that page wrong and confusing. I have for a looong time understood the term "production names" as "final names", and fontmake and Glyphs agree with me. https://typo.social/@justvanrossum/116190150746973414