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Adobe had this years ago with their Multiple Master fonts [1]. Good to see the tech making a comeback, although it's a lot of work to do properly - I don't thin
by mark-r 10y ago
Adobe had this years ago with their Multiple Master fonts [1]. Good to see the tech making a comeback, although it's a lot of work to do properly - I don't think we'll see many implementations.
I'd like to know how this will make web pages faster, since I don't think it results in less downloaded data in total. Is it just because there are fewer separate font requests?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_master_fonts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_master_fonts
- sjwright 10y agoCorrect, Adobe finished the MM specification in 1991 and released the first fonts in 1992[0]. Apple in 1995 released QuickDraw GX, which included a new font architecture called TrueType GX, a complete reworking of font architecture. As well as including MM-style font variations, it also decoupled glyphs from characters, such that multiple characters could use the same glyph, or multiple glyphs could be available for the same character.[1] While GX was a market failure, many of these technologies resurfaced in OpenType, though variations specifically did not. Microsoft acknowledge that OpenType Font Variations is directly based off Apple's work in QuickDraw GX font variations. [0] http://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/30/the-adobe-originals-silver-anniversary-story-how-the-originals-endured-in-an-ever-changing-industry/ http://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/30/the-adobe-originals-silve... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickDraw_GX#Typography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickDraw_GX#Typography