MacVim won't set the font `Cascadia Mono` with the typeface `Light` via the Fonts dialogue

Describe the bug

MacVim won't set the font Cascadia Mono with the typeface Light via the Fonts picker, but can set it via set guifont.

To Reproduce

  1. Install Cascadia Code fonts from here
  2. In MacVim, do :set guifont=*, then select Cascadia Mono with typeface Light
  3. The font will not change
  4. :set guifont will verify the font doesn't change

It seems like MacVim is trying to use the name CascadiaMono-Regular_Light:h12 as the font name. But manually doing :set guifont=CascadiaMono-Regular_Light:h12 results in a "font missing" error.

:set guifont=Cascadia\ Mono\ Light:h12 will set the font correctly.

Expected behavior

I expected the font to change when clicking the font in the dialogue.

Screenshots

I made a video demonstration of the bug here.

Environment (please complete the following information):

$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Apr  1 2021 08:37:51)
macOS version - x86_64
Included patches: 1-2681
Compiled by GitHub Actions
Huge version with MacVim GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
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+arabic            +find_in_path      +mouse_urxvt       -tag_any_white
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+autochdir         +folding           +multi_byte        +termguicolors
-autoservername    -footer            +multi_lang        +terminal
+balloon_eval      +fork()            -mzscheme          +terminfo
+balloon_eval_term +fullscreen        +netbeans_intg     +termresponse
+browse            +gettext           +num64             +textobjects
++builtin_terms    -hangul_input      +odbeditor         +textprop
+byte_offset       +iconv             +packages          +timers
+channel           +insert_expand     +path_extra        +title
+cindent           +ipv6              +perl/dyn          +toolbar
+clientserver      +job               +persistent_undo   +transparency
+clipboard         +jumplist          +popupwin          +user_commands
+cmdline_compl     +keymap            +postscript        +vartabs
+cmdline_hist      +lambda            +printer           +vertsplit
+cmdline_info      +langmap           +profile           +virtualedit
+comments          +libcall           +python/dyn        +visual
+conceal           +linebreak         +python3/dyn       +visualextra
+cryptv            +lispindent        +quickfix          +viminfo
+cscope            +listcmds          +reltime           +vreplace
+cursorbind        +localmap          +rightleft         +wildignore
+cursorshape       +lua/dyn           +ruby/dyn          +wildmenu
+dialog_con_gui    +menu              +scrollbind        +windows
+diff              +mksession         +signs             +writebackup
+digraphs          +modify_fname      +smartindent       -X11
+dnd               +mouse             -sound             -xfontset
-ebcdic            +mouseshape        +spell             +xim
+emacs_tags        +mouse_dec         +startuptime       -xpm
+eval              -mouse_gpm         +statusline        -xsmp
+ex_extra          -mouse_jsbterm     -sun_workshop      -xterm_clipboard
+extra_search      +mouse_netterm     +syntax            -xterm_save
-farsi             +mouse_sgr         +tag_binary        
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim"
Compilation: clang -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_MACVIM -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -pipe -DMACOS_X -DMACOS_X_DARWIN -g -O2 -arch x86_64 -arch arm64 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Werror -Wno-error=missing-field-initializers -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=unused-function 
Linking: clang -L. -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/opt/libyaml/lib -L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib -L/usr/local/opt/readline/lib -L. -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/opt/libyaml/lib -L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib -L/usr/local/opt/readline/lib -arch x86_64 -arch arm64 -L/usr/local/lib -o Vim -lm -lncurses -liconv /usr/local/lib/libintl.a -framework AppKit -fstack-protector -L/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE

Additional context

I tried adding some print statements in the MacVim source to see if I could figure out the issue, but I didn't get far. I don't understand how the font name is determined, or how MacVim matches that up with fonts available on the system. Sorry I can't be more help. 🙇🏻‍♂️