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[OTVar] Variable font resources: 1991–2018 published on Axis-Praxis
The Axis-Praxis list of resources on variable fonts is live: articles, videos, podcasts and code 1991–2018. https://www.axis-praxis.org/resources Hope you like it! Please let me know if there are mis…3 -
[OTVar] Animation of symbols/emoji using CSS animation with variable fonts
I thought people might be interested in this animation I put together (based on photographs by Eadweard Muybridge) to understand how efficent it can be with variable fonts and CSS animation. Variable…6 -
Re: [OTVar] Changing tracking/HVAR
Without special handling for tracking, the most efficient way to adjust a font’s tracking is to edit the LSB and advance width of each glyph in the hmtx table. These two points (taken from hmtx, not …2 -
Re: [OTVar] Fit text to the width of a textbox
HZ justification is certainly possible now thanks to the wdth axis. I think the scales can be normalized fairly easily in a UI, if the app runs tests on typical strings. Another challenge will be how…1 -
[OTVar] CSS draft spec for variations support in web browsers
I encourage anyone interested in Variations Fonts to read the draft CSS spec carefully: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-4/#low-level-font-variation-settings-control-the-font-variation-settings-pro…1
