Post #1490281
2026-03-18 02:09 UTC
@sajatype @onpaperwings @behdad The file size part? Sure, big companies benefit. (Or: entities whose websites have lots of traffic and pay for bandwidth used by their fonts. Mostly big companies.)
The design side? Anybody who cares can take advantage of those capabilities. My own love for variable fonts as a design solution has been unrelated to whether I happen to be working for a large company.
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@sajatype@typo.social 2026-03-18 02:35
@tphinney @onpaperwings @behdad but as has been discussed, user beneficiary is entirely dependent on software implementation which has been inconsistent and slow. For users who use software that supports it and understand how to use it, sure, it can be a revolutionary experience. But I don't think that's the vast majority of users. Whereas companies like Google, Apple, or Microsoft quietly deliver variable fonts to tons of people who never realize it and use them just like statics. So IMO the big winners are the companies who control the infrastructure and can gain the benefits of implementation directly.