Post #4263620

2026-04-22 15:53 UTC

@typearture@typo.social I will add a correction about the shadow. I did question myself after the words came out of my mouth! haha I'm definitely interested in learning more about color fonts. I kind of stumbled my way through this one, which I think worked fine for the context of showing how confusing it might be for the average user (and how cool it is when they do work), but it would be nice to be educated the next time around. Any resources you can recommend for color and/or variable fonts?

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@mitradranirban@typo.social 2026-04-22 19:52

@jectives@typo.social @typearture@typo.social I found the best way of learning is through making, and I am discovering new things about colrv1 font spec every day while making Colr Pak. And to support all features of colr v1 will be a big task for a design app.

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@typearture@typo.social 2026-04-23 06:23

@jectives@typo.social I think outside the tutorials for making them in @glyphs@typo.social (https://glyphsapp.com/learn/creating-a-microsoft-color-font), writeups by @googlefonts@typo.social (https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/introducing_type/introducing_color_fonts), an extensive post by @typetodaynews@bird.makeup (https://type.today/en/journal/colorfonts) or my little writeup about how variable color fonts work https://www.typearture.com/howdotheywork there isn't *that* much. For Variable font's it's much better of course, but I don't immediately have the best sources. For COLRv1 I think it's even more rare, and how to create them is totally non-existent.

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