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Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variable fonts
- themmes 8y agoNice idea! I have heard of and seen some variable fonts at work in active gifs, but not in a sandbox setting. So I guess I am your target user ;-). The demo works for me on Chrome, but not on Safari (12.0).
- graedus 8y agoAgreed, nice site. On Windows 10, the sliders do not work in Firefox 62.0.3, and they do work in Chrome 69.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoWorks pretty well for me in FF mobile on Android, some sliders for visual size make the font grow as you decrease the size though. Hadn't heard of this - I like the bevel and shadow example ... reminds me of titles in Flash ...
- woodrowbarlow 8y agoFirefox and Safari on Mac requires MacOS 10.13+ to display variable fonts. https://caniuse.com/#feat=variable-fonts https://caniuse.com/#feat=variable-fonts
- JunaidBhai 8y agoThis is pretty cool. Is it also possible to request fonts for customizations? My http://draftss.com http://draftss.com team can definitely use something like this in designing logos.
- ozimisozim99 8y agoWow! What is the total number of available fonts?
- jonifico 8y agoHello, more than 60 and counting :)
- camdenreslink 8y agoSuper cool, reminds me of metafont. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LR_lBEy7qU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LR_lBEy7qU
- guessmyname 8y agoZycon looks fun — https://v-fonts.com/fonts/zycon https://v-fonts.com/fonts/zycon
- maximegarcia 8y agoI like Wind VF — https://v-fonts.com/fonts/wind-vf https://v-fonts.com/fonts/wind-vf
- feniv 8y agoAnyone have a good resource on how variable fonts work? What kind of programmability does it support?
- panic 8y agoThis article seems to be a good introduction: https://medium.com/variable-fonts/https-medium-com-tiro-introducing-opentype-variable-fonts-12ba6cd2369 https://medium.com/variable-fonts/https-medium-com-tiro-intr...
- svat 8y agoSee also Metaflop Modulator: https://www.metaflop.com/modulator https://www.metaflop.com/modulator (It has four variable fonts, each with a lot more parameters than here.) Creating a variable font is a lot of work, which is probably why Knuth's METAFONT never took off, but it can be a lot of fun.