googlefonts / googlefonts/glyphsLib
Glyphs mini files don't take in account font style
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- Python
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Description
## Expected outcome
Glyphs (mini) files with different style names have their style information saved in the UFO.
(this information in the font info panel)
## Actual outcome
The two files convert to the exact same UFO, causing the style information in them to get lost.
Furthermore, when converting the generated ufo back to Glyphs, the font style info gets removed, and the controls are disabled in Glyphs mini.
(diff of glyphs -> ufo -> glyphs)
## Attachments
[sans-bold.zip](https://github.com/googlei18n/glyphsLib/files/2712343/sans-bold.zip)
[sans-light.zip](https://github.com/googlei18n/glyphsLib/files/2712344/sans-light.zip)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the attached sans-bold.zip and sans-light.zip files, then trace the .glyphs-to-UFO and UFO-to-Glyphs conversion paths. Done means the differing font style information is preserved in the UFO and remains available after converting back to Glyphs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100