Post #857607
2026-03-28 17:40 UTC
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@darabos@mastodon.online 2026-03-28 18:11
@lyda@mastodon.ie This mostly comes up with emoji fonts. See https://googlefonts.github.io/noto-emoji-animation/. There is basically no such font format but Lottie is the closest thing.
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@automaciej@mastodon.ie 2026-03-28 18:11
@lyda@mastodon.ie the Apple SF symbols thing is not technically a font, but it's kind of close, and if does support animations.
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@dec23k@mastodon.ie 2026-03-29 16:03
@lyda@mastodon.ie My first question would be why would anyone *want* to support animation in fonts, as opposed to doing it later and at another level. Having said that, Amiga fonts supported colour. Palette animation would have been possible, and maybe other methods. Here's something from Electronic Arts in 1994: https://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/anims/electronic_arts/KaraAd.anim.html Quantel probably had font animation in the Paintbox, or one of their other devices. They were licensing commercial fonts several years before the first PhotoShop release.