Commit Mono not listed as “Fixed Width” in macOS "Font Book.app"

[rben01]

In macOS’s Font Book app, if you look in the Fixed Width collection, Commit Mono is not listed. Is the fact that Commit Mono is monospace a missing piece of metadata? (I don't know anything about how font files work or what information they store about themselves, but other monospace fonts I've installed have correctly ended up in the Fixed Width collection.)

[eigilnikolajsen]

I will have a look to see if I can fix this, seems pretty crucial.

[glebd]

Same on Windows 10.

[eigilnikolajsen]

I think I've found the source of the issue. When exporting the font using opentype.js the value 'isFixedPitch' fromt the 'post' table seems to get lost. This value seems to be the indicator of font being monospaced. The default value is 0 and that overrides the 1 that I otherwise put. I've filed an issue in the opentype.js repository, hopefully a new version can fix this problem so the font can be exported with the correct category.

[gaksaray]

I'm facing the same issue on my MacBook. My editor requires me to load a monospaced font but as Commit Mono is not listed as one, I cannot currently use it.

[eigilnikolajsen]

Yes, I am sorry about @gaksaray, hoping to fix it as soon as possible. Meanwhile, if you're willing to use the un-customized version, I've created a version for you that should show up in the fixed-width category correctly: CommitMono-1.134-monospace.zip

[gaksaray]

Thanks @eigilnikolajsen this works! However, I recall your suggestion from the website to use a weight of 500 in light mode environment (which I prefer). If that's the case, I will still be waiting for customized fonts with a fixed width.

[DwayneBradley-eaton]

As an additional data point, Windows Terminal doesn't like it either. When choosing the "Font face" in settings, it initially doesn't even show up in the list:

If you choose to "Show all fonts" and then select CommitMono, you get the following warning:

[StreakInTheSky]

Did some debugging and experimenting and got it to export the correct monospaced font. The released versions of opentype.js doesn't pass in the post table when it creates the blob, so it creates a default post table. The current master has it correctly passed in. I built a script from master and updated commit-mono's download script to use it instead. If anyone wants to use it, can use my fork.

@eigilnikolajsen Don't know how you feel about using non official release version of a opentype.js, so didn't make a PR, but can make one if you're okay with that.

[eigilnikolajsen]

Hey @StreakInTheSky ! Thank you so much for your testing. I'd love if you make a PR, I'm totally fine using a non-official version as long as it works.

I think this might resolve #62 and #10 as well!

[eigilnikolajsen]

Thanks to the help of @StreakInTheSky this should now be resolved in the latest release

[rossburton]

I just installed the latest release and it still doesn't appear under Fixed Width in Font Book.