“Kind” for file extensions in Finder

[justanotherfoundry]

I just noticed that on my computer, all .woff and .woff2 files on my computer are shown as kind “OpenType Font” in Finder. This practically eliminates the possibility to sort webfont files by type in Finder. (Being an inaccurate description is only a minor problem.)

Not sure whether FontGoggles is to blame (I am not an expert in these Mac things) but this problem seems to have occurred since I installed FontGoggles. A quick look at the Info.plist and setup.py suggests that this may indeed be the case. Maybe this can be fixed by further splitting up the document types? Forgive me if I am blaming the wrong thing, just thought it’s worth mentioning.

[justvanrossum]

It seems a bit silly that one application can cause this behavior in Finder, but here we are.

I wouldn't reject a PR that makes each extension have a distinct CFBundleTypeName value.

[BoldMonday]

@justanotherfoundry FWIW – you can change the default application associated with files in the Finder by using the Info panel. I can remember that some time ago I installed Glyphsapp and it took over all font file associations in a similar manner.

[typemytype]

RoboFont adds type names for each supported file extension separately. (like in Paul's screenshot)

[justanotherfoundry]

Thanks for your quick replies, everyone! Yes, setting a different default application for .woff and .woff2 is an option but first I need to install one that supports these types.

[frankrolf]

For whoever may read this – I have found the “Swift Default Apps” tool to be very useful for these kinds of problems: https://github.com/Lord-Kamina/SwiftDefaultApps