Triclops

Font file info collector

Drop font files (.ttf, .ttc, .dfont, .otf) into the panel to output JSON of the fonts with Postscript names. For use with AEUX.

Why do we need this?

Figma outputs font info as an object.

fontName = {
  family: string
  style: string
{

This works for Figma, but Adobe apps need a Postscript name. Many modern fonts follow the convention of FontName-FontStyle for the Postscript name so AEUX may dynamically locate fonts like this:

`${fontName.family.replace(/ /g, '')}-${fontName.style.replace(/ /g, '')}`

fontName = {
  family: "Fira Mono"
  style: "Regular"
}

Becomes:

FiraMono-Regular

Which is the correct Postscript name. Yay!

But a lot of fonts don't match this format. 🤔

• Arial Regular: ArialMT
• Courier Regular: Courier
• HelveticaNeue Regular: HelveticaNeue
• Times New Roman Regular: TimesNewRomanPSMT

Sooooooo we need to manually create a substitution list based on available fonts and their Postscript names.

Triclops JSON format

Dragging system fonts into the panel generates a list of fonts that do not match the FontName-FontStyle formatting.

{
    "Arial Black": {
        "Regular": "Arial-Black"
    },
    "Arial Narrow": {
        "Bold Italic": "ArialNarrow-BoldItalic",
        "Bold": "ArialNarrow-Bold",
        "Italic": "ArialNarrow-Italic",
        "Regular": "ArialNarrow"
    },
    "Arial": {
        "Bold Italic": "Arial-BoldItalicMT",
        "Bold": "Arial-BoldMT",
        "Italic": "Arial-ItalicMT",
        "Regular": "ArialMT"
    },
    "Times New Roman": {
        "Bold Italic": "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT",
        "Italic": "TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT",
        "Bold": "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",
        "Regular": "TimesNewRomanPSMT"
    },
}