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Re: Variable fonts, axes values
What you're talking about is indeed named instances. But locking the font to named instance steps with an avar table as Erwin suggests is really user-hostile. If the user asks for a 721 weight, …1 -
Re: Variable fonts, axes values
You offer users a thoughtful type palette through named instances. You don't do it by taking away choice.6 -
Re: Variable fonts, axes values
In a variable font, there are infinite options for the font user by default; you are talking about taking them away and restricting them to a smaller subset. A good example for why this is a bad ide…7 -
Re: Type design hot takes
“Suitable for display, headline and body text” just means the designer didn’t really know what they were making.3 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Nobody is ever going to notice five units either way.10
