[HN Gopher] An Introduction to Variable Fonts (2019) ___________________________________________________________________ An Introduction to Variable Fonts (2019) Author : todsacerdoti Score : 23 points Date : 2020-05-04 05:31 UTC (17 hours ago) (HTM) web link (24ways.org) (TXT) w3m dump (24ways.org) | bcks wrote: | There's a wonderful, interactive playground of variable fonts up | at https://v-fonts.com. Most variable fonts let you interpolate | font weight, width, or slant, but some go much further. See for | instance, http://variableemojis.com | ladyanita22 wrote: | It baffles me so few programs support these. | Wistar wrote: | Adobe Illustrator does and I use the heck out of it, | particularly with the Adobe Variable Acumin font. So useful. | ladyanita22 wrote: | I know the Adpbe suite does support them, but what about | Microsoft Word or Apple Pages? I would say variable fonts are | the future. | Wistar wrote: | I just tested it out with MS Word and the variable fonts do | not show up in the list of available fonts within Word. | | Boo. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-05-04 23:00 UTC)