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Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
No, I recommend to provide all OpenType fonts (both non-variable and variable) for web use as both .woff and .woff2. You could argue if .woff is still needed, but it won't harm to provide it as well.…2 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
Glyphs 3 has supported woff or woff2 compression in variable fonts for a while - but it will result in a binary that is about 5% slightly larger than running `woff2_compress` directly on a TTF. Not …2 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
If you are exporting your variable fonts as TTFs, I would recommend then converting them to woff or woff2 (both for added compression and to slightly deter direct downloads). Some type design softwa…1 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
The biggest issue with commercial adaptation of variable fonts is still pricing. I've recently been contemplating if VF pricing should separate between desktop and web use. The desktop version ought …2 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
No. Similar to non-variable fonts, there are two flavours (quadratic versus cubic bezier curves), but that is taken care of internally in the font resource. Variable fonts with quadratic based outlin…2 -
Re: Learn Script : Tool to help type designer to develop other scripts
(Just a quick note: Alexei Vanyashin updated Cormorant on the GitHub repo after Ilya's review. We fixed some things, but left other things in place because they were deliberate choices, such as the s…2 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
https://www.monotype.com/resources/case-studies/evri Excellent case study on variable fonts for branding, from Monotype!1 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
@"c.g." I don't think it is a coincidence that many of the rip-offs you mention are URW fonts. According to MyFonts, @"Jason Harcombe" "is TDi 2018 graduate at the University…2 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
Hello everyone, I’m ashamed of what has happened here. This is genuinely a result of me being taken for a ride by an unscrupulous individual that I intend to take this up with directly. I have decomm…3 -
Re: FontPeople distribuiting one of my typefaces under a different name.
FWIW, I signed a distribution agreement with FontPeople for something called FontMarket in November 2019 which was never countersigned. A couple of days later I got an email saying they were pulling …3