bold only font designs / style set up

[_ASeidel_]

Hello OpenType Developers,

How do you set up the style of a font design existing only as Bold
version like IMPACT from MS?

Should I set the style to NORMAL/REGULAR (400) or should I set it up to
BOLD (700) even if no normal or regular design is applicable or will be
designed in the future.

MS goes the way and set the font to REGULAR.

Andreas

[_Read_Roberts_]

Thomas Phinney may correct me, but I think we follow a slightly different practice:
- set all the info connecting to a BOLD style as you would for a Regular face:
- name table Windows Compatible style name = Regular
- OS/2.fsType and head.macStyle = 0 ( Regular)
but set the descriptive stuff to Bold:
name table Win Preferred Style Name = Bold
OS/2 weight class and Panose value to a Bold value.

[Thomas Phinney]

Yes, Read's got it exactly.

T