@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... This is going into semantics, but I’ll offer my perspective anyway:

A lot of designers also produce fonts, and FWIW the “producer” also works with friendly aka readable names. The activities of “designing” and “producing” in a larger sense are very closely related.

My thinking comes from here:
adobe-type-tools.github.io/afdko/MakeOTFUserGuide.html