googlefonts / googlefonts/glyphsLib

Non-WWS compatible fonts: WWS names are not written to instance OTFs

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Description

[InterWWS.zip](https://github.com/googlefonts/glyphsLib/files/9735569/InterWWS.zip)

The glyphs file contains some instances which don't have WWS-compatible names, and are marked as such:

Family Name: Inter
Style Name: Display Bold
WWS Family Name: Inter Display
WWS Style Name: Bold

Building static OTFs with this command, the WWS names are not written to the OTF nametables:

```
fontmake -g Inter-Roman.glyphs -o otf -i
```

They are also not in the instance UFOs generated by glyphsLib.

```
fontmake -g Inter-Roman.glyphs -o ufo -i
```

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with Inter-Roman.glyphs using the fontmake commands shown for OTF and UFO output. Inspect the generated instance UFOs and OTF nametables for the WWS Family Name and WWS Style Name fields; done means both outputs preserve the marked WWS-compatible names.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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