Post #1490285
2026-03-18 08:14 UTC
@behdad I don't think Variable Fonts could have been adopted much faster in practice. Designers are more conservative than you think and don't forget that many corporate identities date back to before 2015.
BTW where can I find more info on the variable-composites thing? I had never heard of it tbh.
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@behdad@typo.social 2026-03-18 16:09
@evert Think of it as Glyphs smart-components, encoded in the font file. https://www.youtube.com/live/ynIKMiRwn3s?si=vgQb14nSdd5aaqcp&t=7705 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YNRNyGdFIv_jBBkEROzBn0VC7X3h6QUTSndfC1Kb1YI/preview?slide=id.g2289f6b3611_0_41 https://github.com/harfbuzz/boring-expansion-spec/blob/main/VARC.md https://lwn.net/Articles/987176/