> I want to display the name of the current (body)font.
> \fontname{#1} should do the trick but what parameter to use?
> \currentfont
> \bodyfont
> \currentbodyfont
> are all wrong.
> 
Try \fontname\font

\purefontname\font should show only its name, not the size, 
but this does not work for me (version 2015.05.18 included in Debian)

Greetings,
Massi