4 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.h b/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.h
index 1f39257a4c2..7e92f79a523 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/BLF_api.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ int BLF_load_mem_unique(const char *name, const unsigned char *mem, int mem_size
 void BLF_unload(const char *name) ATTR_NONNULL();
 void BLF_unload_id(int fontid);
 
+char *BLF_display_name_from_file(const char *filename);
+
 /* Check if font supports a particular glyph. */
 bool BLF_has_glyph(int fontid, unsigned int unicode);
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.c b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.c
index 7428798581d..9168e7aa19c 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf.c
@@ -915,6 +915,17 @@ void BLF_draw_buffer(int fontid, const char *str, size_t len)
   BLF_draw_buffer_ex(fontid, str, len, NULL);
 }
 
+char *BLF_display_name_from_file(const char *filename)
+{
+  FontBLF *font = blf_font_new("font_name", filename);
+  if (!font) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  char *name = blf_display_name(font);
+  blf_font_free(font);
+  return name;
+}
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 void BLF_state_print(int fontid)
 {
diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font.c b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font.c
index 74c4c684d6b..53c4135254a 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font.c
@@ -1465,3 +1465,11 @@ float blf_font_ascender(FontBLF *font)
   blf_glyph_cache_release(font);
   return ascender;
 }
+
+char *blf_display_name(FontBLF *font)
+{
+  if (!font->face->family_name) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return BLI_sprintfN("%s %s", font->face->family_name, font->face->style_name);
+}
diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_internal.h b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_internal.h
index 63e1eb999cd..35a6d019eac 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_internal.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_internal.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ int blf_font_width_max(struct FontBLF *font);
 float blf_font_descender(struct FontBLF *font);
 float blf_font_ascender(struct FontBLF *font);
 
+char *blf_display_name(struct FontBLF *font);
+
 void blf_font_boundbox_foreach_glyph(struct FontBLF *font,
                                      const char *str,
                                      size_t len,