Get actual Font name of TTF file from Command Line

Question

It seems like an easy question, how can I get the actual name of font from command line.

Here is an example. The font filename is segoesc.ttf. However, the actual name of font that shows up in the Font Menu is Segoe Script.

What I have tried:

1. There is a python script out there, that can get the font name. But I prefer not to have Python dependency.

2. Right clicking on Fontfile and go to Properties > Details, gives me the list of properties. I tried to use wmic but it does not show Title property.

wmic datafile "c:\Windows\fonts\segoesc.ttf" get Title

Thanks.

Answer 1

In PowerShell:

(New-Object -TypeName Windows.Media.GlyphTypeface -ArgumentList 'C:\Windows\Fonts\segoesc.ttf').Win32FamilyNames.Values

Returns Segoe Script

Credit to Samuel Leslie and PSWinGlue.

Answer 2

Try this small C program compiled with Microsoft Visual C++:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define QFR_DESCRIPTION 1

/* Link with GDI32 library */
int GetFontResourceInfoW(
    wchar_t* lpszFilename,
    unsigned long* cbBuffer,
    void* lpBuffer,
    unsigned long dwQueryType);

int wmain(int wargc, wchar_t** wargv) {
    int res = 0, size = 0;

    if (wargc == 2) {
        res = GetFontResourceInfoW(wargv[1], &size, NULL, QFR_DESCRIPTION);
        wchar_t* buff = malloc(size);
        res = GetFontResourceInfoW(wargv[1], &size, buff, QFR_DESCRIPTION);
        if (res)
            wprintf(L"Description: %ls\n", buff);
        free(buff);
    }

    return 0;
}

• Command Line example: ProgramName.exe C:\path\to\font.ttf

Further Readings:

• Undocumented Printing: GetFontSourceInfo
• StackoverFlow: How do I get the font name from a font file?

Answer 3

Every (script) language which is able to handle COM objects (J-/vbscript/PowerShell) can get extended file attributes with Shell.Application

This PowerShell script lists Extended Atrributes typical for font files

$path        = 'A:\segoescb.ttf'
$folder      = Split-Path $path
$file        = Split-Path $path -Leaf

$shell       = New-Object -COMObject Shell.Application
$shellfolder = $shell.Namespace($folder)
$shellfile   = $shellfolder.ParseName($file)

## get (localized) description and value of 
##   specified extended attributes numbers
## (0,2,21,165,166,195) 

(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10,19,21,25,33,34,58,62,165,166,167,170,191,192,193,195,197,203,255)| 
Foreach-Object { 
    '{0,3} {1,-30} = {2}' -f $_,
            $shellfolder.GetDetailsOf($null, $_), 
            $shellfolder.GetDetailsOf($shellfile, $_) 
}

sample (German) output:

  0 Name                           = segoescb.ttf
  1 Größe                          = 567 KB
  2 Elementtyp                     = IrfanView TTF File
  3 Änderungsdatum                 = 2018-04-12 01:34
  4 Erstelldatum                   = 2019-05-07 15:46
  5 Letzter Zugriff                = 2019-05-07 15:46
  6 Attribute                      = AC
  9 Erkannter Typ                  = Nicht angegeben
 10 Besitzer                       = xxxxxxxx\LotPings
 19 Bewertung                      = Nicht bewertet
 21 Titel                          = Segoe Script Bold
 25 Copyright                      = © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 33 Firma                          = Microsoft Corporation
 34 Dateibeschreibung              =
 58 Gesamtgröße                    = 0,99 GB
 62 Computer                       = xxxxxxxx (dieser PC)
165 Dateierweiterung               = .ttf
166 Dateiname                      = segoescb.ttf
167 Dateiversion                   = 5.02
170 Freier Speicherplatz           = 998 MB
191 Ordnername                     = A:\
192 Ordnerpfad                     = A:\
193 Ordner                         = A:\
195 Pfad                           = A:\segoescb.ttf
197 Typ                            = IrfanView TTF File
203 Verknüpfungsstatus             = Nicht aufgelöst
255 Verwendeter Speicherplatz      = ‎2%

So the absolute minimum would be 0 or 166 and 21.

Answer 4

The following method retrieves all installed fonts and creates separate glyphTypeface data based on their file names. Afterward, you can use the file names to locate the relevant data and extract the desired fields (not limited to Win32FamilyNames).

Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationCore
$glyphTypefaceMap = @{}
foreach ($regPath in @(
    # You can find your font in these two locations if it is already installed.
    'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts', # Local Machine
    'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts' # Current User
)) {
    $fontList = Get-ItemProperty $regPath
    foreach ($_ in ($fontList | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty)) {
        $propertyName = $_.Name
        if (!($propertyName.Contains("TrueType"))) {
            continue
        }
        $value = $fontList.$propertyName
        $fontPath = ""
        if (Test-Path $value) {
            $fontPath = $value
        } else {
            $fontPath = Join-Path $env:SystemRoot fonts/$value
        }

        if (!(Test-Path $fontPath)) {
            Write-Verbose "path not exits: $value" # Test-Path "C:\...\RobotoFlex[GRAD,wght].ttf" will get false even exists.
            continue
        }

        $glyphTypeface = New-Object -TypeName Windows.Media.GlyphTypeface -ArgumentList $fontPath
        # Wait-Debugger
        $name = (Get-Item ($glyphTypeface.FontUri.LocalPath)).Name # xxx.ttf
        $glyphTypefaceMap[$name] = $glyphTypeface
    }
}
# Now you can use the font file name to locate the data you need 
# and select the desired fields from the font.
# For example,
$glyphTypefaceMap["Arial.ttf"]
$glyphTypefaceMap["Arial.ttf"].Win32FamilyNames

$glyphTypefaceMap.GetEnumerator() | foreach { "$($_.Value.FontUri.LocalPath) $($_.Value.Win32FamilyNames)"}
<#
output:

C:\WINDOWS\fonts\msjhbd.ttc [en-US, Microsoft JhengHei] [zh-HK, 微軟正黑體] [zh-TW, 微軟正黑體]
C:\WINDOWS\fonts\mingliu.ttc [en-US, MingLiU] [zh-HK, 細明體] [zh-TW, 細明體]
...
#>