Hi!
I'm currently studying about variable fonts and their application to the graphic designer work.
I'm not a programmer, but I would like to know if there is a possibility for developing an algorithm that controls the tone of the text.
I'm thinking about a control in a user interface that allows him to choose to have more or less tonal difference between the variable font used and the axes of width, weight, and so on, fit their choice.
Thank you,
Ana Fernandes
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I think it's possible. If a typeface can be controlled by the weather or by light, I'd imagine it could be controlled by anything.
http://www.emotionaltype.org/
It was one of a number of “variable” designs developed for Multiple Master technology, before Adobe killed support for that format in its layout applications.
Grading is a concept invented at Font Bureau, I believe, to account for different amounts of press gain in a newspaper that is printed at a variety of printing plants.
Typotheque has also published graded types, and being a cutting edge foundry, perhaps they have variable fonts with a grading axis, already available or in the works.
I was thinking about the overall color of the text. Like if we have a control in an user interface that allows a graphic designer to control the contrast between different pieces of text, adapting one (or more) variable fonts to his choice.
For example, simplifying, if i decide to have a lot of contrast between a heading and a body text, I manipulate that control, and the weight axe adapts giving more weight to the first and less to the second.