A simple Python script to rename fonts by modifying their internal name records. This is useful for changing the family name, full name, or PostScript name of a font file.
- Rename font's internal name records (Family name, Full name, PostScript name)
- Update font creation and modification timestamps to the current time
- Python 3.x
- fontTools
Install the required dependencies using pip:
pip install fonttoolspython rename_font.py <input_path> <output_path> <new_name><input_path>: Path to the input font file (e.g.,input.ttf)<output_path>: Path to save the renamed font file (e.g.,output.ttf)<new_name>: The new name to assign to the font's name records
python rename_font.py original_font.ttf renamed_font.ttf "New Font Name"This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.
- fontTools library for font manipulation
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