Examples of Non-Traditional/Unique Variable Fonts?

DaveBailey · July 2023

I am looking for examples of variable font products, which posses axis outside of the weight/width realm. Doing some research to see examples of what can be done and how far the boundaries have been pushed. Not exactly the easiest search query, thought y'all might be a good resource.

Cheers!

Thomas Phinney · July 2023

Well, the Google Fonts axis registry is used pretty much entirely for axes they ship in actual fonts in the Google Fonts service. See:
https://github.com/googlefonts/axisregistry

or more specifically, the .textproto (and .svg illustrations) at:
https://github.com/googlefonts/axisregistry/tree/main/Lib/axisregistry/data

Grzegorz Luk (gluk) · July 2023

for example: my variable font Digiv use "circles size" and "from circle to star" axes

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5019405/uploads/editor/eh/ogfo71psxibf.png

Thomas Phinney · July 2023

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Matthew Smith · July 2023

Check out v-fonts.com!

Yves Michel · July 2023

Another example: my variable font "Crosswinds" available on daFont. Axis is the wind.
@gluk: Very nice font!

Florian Hardwig · July 2023

What Matthew said. See especially the “unusual variation” tag for “typefaces that use font variation technology for design characteristics beyond the typical implementations of weight, width, slant, etc.”

DaveBailey · July 2023

Matthew Smith said:

Check out v-fonts.com!

Oh dang, I had no idea this existed!

Thomas Phinney said:

Well, the Google Fonts axis registry is used pretty much entirely for axes they ship in actual fonts in the Google Fonts service. See:
https://github.com/googlefonts/axisregistry

or more specifically, the .textproto (and .svg illustrations) at:
https://github.com/googlefonts/axisregistry/tree/main/Lib/axisregistry/data

Very cool resource, appreciate it Thomas!

Florian Hardwig said:

What Matthew said. See especially the “unusual variation” tag for “typefaces that use font variation technology for design characteristics beyond the typical implementations of weight, width, slant, etc.”

Perfect!

Y'all are the best, thanks for sharing.