I recently acquired some fonts that reproduce German cursive (Kurrentschrift and Sütterlin). However, they have less-than-entirely-obvious names. I can't install a font editor or other font tool to rename the actual font (organizational restrictions).
Is there a way that I can create an alias for a font, so that I can, for example, enter "Sütterlin" in a program (Word, et cetera) and have it pick up "VolkRedis" (which is the actual font name)?
You could use Font substitution.
Font substitution is set via the registry under the FontSubstitutes registry key at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
For example, adding an entry under this key named Sütterlin with the value of VolkRedis, indicates to substitute the Sütterlin font with the VolkRedis font.
You can do this via a .reg file that contains:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Sütterlin"="VolkRedis"
For more information, see the Microsoft Font-name documentation.
