[Builder] familyName entry doesn't call fontmake's family-name argument anymore #1105

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1. RosaWagner commented on May 13, 2025

   

   RosaWagner

   on May 13, 2025

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   Otherwise I see these new argument in the doc: fvarInstanceAxisDflts but no additional instruction on how to use it.
   Or this argument extraFontmakeArgs could work too?
   (asking cause whatever I try doesn't work)

   If trying to export a condensed subfamily, using the recipe thing, the operation ends in a font called 'My Font Condensed' but the instances in the fvar are wdth=100 and not 75

   - operation: buildVariable
       args: --family-name 'My Font Condensed'
   

   what "works" is this, but I find it a bit complicated:

   recipe:
     ../fonts/variable/MyFontCondensed[slnt,wdth,wght].ttf:
       - source: MyFont.glyphs
       - operation: exec
         exe: fontmake
         args: -g MyFont.glyphs --family-name 'My Font Condensed' -o variable  --output-path ../fonts/variable/MyFontCondensed[slnt,wdth,wght].ttf
     ../fonts/variable/MyFontCondensed[slnt,wght].ttf:
       - source: ../fonts/variable/MyFontCondensed[slnt,wdth,wght].ttf
       - operation: subspace
         axes: wdth=75
   

   Then I would need to splitItalic, but no idea how to do that within the recipe thing.
2. RosaWagner commented on May 13, 2025

   

   RosaWagner

   on May 13, 2025

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   It could be that this is related to #1042, I am trying to include some condensed styles in the fvar (as a workaround) but the builder only includes weight instances and ignore the rest…