Inconsistent family name between variable upright and variable italic

[Erinaaaaaaa]

(No, the t from ExtraLight is not cropped in the bottom window, but it is present in the Notepad font picker)

The italic variant's family name is JetBrains Mono while the upright variant is named JetBrains Mono Variable, and as such are separated when selecting the font in for example Notepad.

OS: Windows 10 v2004, build 19041.388

[philippnurullin]

Hi, please do not use variable font with non variable. This will lead to bugs.
If you want to use JetBrains Mono you have to choose fors what version is suitable for you. I suggest using non variable. But variable function is essential to your project & you not expecting auto pairing with italics you can go wit it. #270

[Erinaaaaaaa]

I raised this issue precisely because I was using the two variable variants:

As for day to day use, I switched to non-variable precisely because of this issue. I do not know how to make it clearer to you (with Windows' built in tools) that these were the two variable font files.

That being said, it does match issue 270 as you mentioned, but it should be made more clear.

[Erinaaaaaaa]

If anything, I can suggest using the family name JetBrains Mono Variable Italic for the variable italic family in order to avoid such issues, just like the variable upright family is called JetBrains Mono Variable, or the non-ligatured version is called JetBrains Mono NL.

[philippnurullin]

Thanks for names suggestion. This may solve the problem.
Actually i don't remember why i didn't use that strategy. Maybe the were some problems with it or maybe i was tired & stupid.