Obtaining Font Information using Node.js

Is there a way to retrieve the Description section of a font's properties, as seen when you right-click on the file?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/rwnLw.png

I am specifically looking for details related to the Title attribute.

I tried using the get-file-properties package mentioned in this Node JS - read file properties link but it does not provide access to this information (it relies on wmic which also does not have this data). For instance, while Description provides only 

C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Alegreya-Bold.ttf
, Title is nowhere to be found.

Is there an alternative method to retrieve this data?

Thank you

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Answer №1

In reference to @RobinMackenzie's suggestion, there is the ttfinfo package available at https://github.com/trevordixon/ttfinfo. This package provides detailed information about a specific font in this structured format:

{
  tables: {
    name: {
      '0': 'Copyright 2011 The Alegreya Project Authors (https://github.com/huertatipografica/Alegreya)',
      '1': 'Alegreya',
      '2': 'Bold',
      '3': '2.003;HT  ;Alegreya-Bold',
      '4': 'Alegreya Bold',
      '5': 'Version 2.003; ttfautohint (v1.6)',
      '6': 'Alegreya-Bold',
      '8': 'Huerta Tipografica',
      '9': 'Juan Pablo del Peral',
      '11': 'http://www.huertatipografica.com',
      '12': 'http://www.huertatipografica.com',
      '13': 'This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL',
      '14': 'http://scripts.sil.org/OFL',
      '256': 'Roman numerals',
      '257': 'Arrows, triangles and circles',
      '258': 'Foundry icon',
      '259': 'Dynamic arrows and triangles'
    },
    post: {
      format: 2,
      italicAngle: 0,
      underlinePosition: 0,
      underlineThickness: 0,
      minMemType42: 16734720,
      maxMemType42: 1509968640,
      minMemType1: 1258291200,
      maxMemType1: 0
    },
    'OS/2': { version: 4, weightClass: 700 }
  }
}

You can refer to this comprehensive list of names (0, 1, 2, etc.) at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/name#name-ids

Another useful tool is node-system-fonts accessible at https://github.com/jgilsaa/node-system-fonts. However, note that it requires a build step since it is a C++ module. On the positive side, it offers similar detailed information for every installed font like so:

[
  {
    path: 'C:\\WINDOWS\\FONTS\\ARIAL.TTF',  
    postscriptName: 'ArialMT',
    family: 'Arial',
    style: 'Regular',
    weight: 400,
    width: 5,
    italic: false,
    monospace: false
  },
  {
    path: 'C:\\WINDOWS\\FONTS\\ARIALN.TTF', 
    postscriptName: 'ArialNarrow',
    family: 'Arial Narrow',
    style: 'Regular',
    weight: 400,
    width: 3,
    italic: false,
    monospace: false
  },
  {
    path: 'C:\\WINDOWS\\FONTS\\ARIALI.TTF', 
    postscriptName: 'Arial-ItalicMT',       
    family: 'Arial',
    style: 'Italic',
    weight: 400,
    width: 5,
    italic: true,
    monospace: false
  },
  ...
]

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