Conquer Variable Web Typography Venn by Dalton Maag

Oliver Schöndorfer Designer ! glyphe ” zeichenschatz

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18 font files 632 KB for web fonts only ! glyphe

1 font file 56 KB overall size ! glyphe

How to get started with variable fonts 1. What are variable fonts? 2. Using variable fonts on the web 3. Good times 4. Hard times 5. Getting started ! glyphe

What are variable fonts? Voto Serif by Google

Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Light Regular Medium Bold X-Bold ! glyphe

Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Variable font file ! glyphe

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Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Interpolation ! glyphe

Named instances Aa Light Aa Regular Aa Medium Aa Bold Aa X-Bold Optional designs in between ! glyphe

Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa weight axis ! glyphe

width axis Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa ! glyphe

width axis Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa weight axis ! glyphe

Using variable fonts on the web Output Sans by DJR

84 % Global support 95 % Mobile support in Austria ” # $ % Safari 11 Chrome 62 Edge 17 Firefox 62 ” # iOS Safari 11 caniuse.com/#feat=variable-fonts Chrome 67 for Android ! glyphe

Discover new variable fonts try them out, see where to get them v-fonts.com ! glyphe

@font-face { Will become the standard font-family: ‘Venn’; src: url(‘Venn.woff2’) format(‘woff2-variations’), url(‘Venn.woff2’) format(‘woff2’); } Fallback for older browser versions ! glyphe

Select font or drop font file 2. See available axes and ranges axis-praxis.org ! glyphe

5 wght wdth ital slnt opsz registered axes ! glyphe

Source Serif Variable by Adobe ! glyphe

font-weight: 327; font-variation-settings: “wght” 327; Source Serif Variable by Adobe ! glyphe

font-weight: 327; High-level property will become standard with CSS 4 Font Module font-variation-settings: “wght” 327; Low-level property supported by all participating browsers now ! glyphe

Venn by Dalton Maag ! glyphe

font-stretch: 78%; font-variation-settings: “wdth” 78; Venn by Dalton Maag ! glyphe

Intermission Hela by Jan Charvát

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transform: scaleX(1.25); ! glyphe

font-stretch: 125%; ! glyphe

transform: scaleX(1.25); font-stretch: 125%; ! glyphe

FF Meta Variable by Monotype ! glyphe

font-style: italic; font-variation-settings: “ital” 1; FF Meta Variable by Monotype ! glyphe

Output Sans by David Jonathan Ross ! glyphe

font-style: oblique 8deg; font-variation-settings: “slnt” 8; Output Sans by David Jonathan Ross ! glyphe

Optical Sizing Axis Voto Serif by Google ! glyphe

Low contrast for small sizes 12px Voto Serif by Google High contrast for large sizes 24px 48px 72px ! glyphe

font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: “opsz” 72; Voto Serif by Google ! glyphe

Decovar by FontBureau ! glyphe

font-variation-settings: “TRMC” 1000, “SKLA” 400, Decovar by FontBureau “SKLB” 800, … ! glyphe

Golden times Lab DJR by DJR

sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de ! glyphe

sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de 23 KB PT Serif Regular 23 KB PT Serif Bold 24 KB PT Serif Italic 36 KB Work Sans Regular 39 KB Work Sans Medium 39 KB Work Sans SemiBold 52 KB Work Sans Bold 166 KB ! glyphe

Work Sans Regular Work Sans Medium Work Sans SemiBold 166 KB Work Sans Bold Work Sans Variabel? sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de ~80 KB ! glyphe

dstype.com/variable-fonts ! glyphe

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” Chrome h1 { font-size: 20vmax; } h2 { font-size: 11vmax; } h3 { font-size: 5vmax; } Output Sans Hairline by DJR ! glyphe

Output Sans Hairline by DJR ! glyphe

Safari

font-optical-sizing: auto; supported by default Output Sans Hairline by DJR ! glyphe

Output Sans Hairline by DJR ! glyphe

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Hard times Amstelvar by David Berlow

Overchoice Many options make it harder and require much more knowledge ! glyphe

90 named instances for Acumin Variable in Photoshop ! glyphe

Static Fonts Variable Font Aa Aa Aa Aa 90 KB 110 KB Regular 30 KB Italic 30 KB Bold 30 KB Roman 110 KB ! glyphe

Static Fonts Variable Font Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa 90 KB 220 KB Regular 30 KB Italic 30 KB Bold 30 KB Roman 110 KB Italic 110 KB ! glyphe

Single font Aa € 30–60 Font family Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa € 300–700 ! glyphe

Single font Variable font Aa Aa € 30–60 Roman 110 KB € ? Font family Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa € 300–700 ! glyphe

Open Source github.com/LettError/mutatorSans ! glyphe

Hosting and Renting fontstand.com ! glyphe

Retail Add on black-foundry.com/vesterbro ! glyphe

Get Started Cheee by OHNO

Aa Aa Aa Variable Web Font Static Web Fonts Default System Fonts First Choice 1st Fallback Fallback Venn Variable Venn Regular Venn Bold Aa Aa Helvetica Regular Helvetica Bold ! glyphe

Variable fonts with fallback web fonts cdpn.io/XxZzYV ! glyphe

Not supporting browsers will ignore this h1 { font-size: 2.5rem; font-variation-settings: “wdth” 75; } ! glyphe

h1 { font-size: 2.5rem; font-variation-settings: “wdth” 75; } @supports (font-variation-settings: normal) { h1 { font-size: 4rem; Only when variable fonts work } } ! glyphe

Firefox DevTools ! glyphe

Summing up • One font file with many possible styles • Fine graded influence for better typography – when you know what you’re doing • Improvements by default with optical-sizing • Performance gain under certain conditions • Use web fonts as first fallback option ! glyphe

Resources • • • • • • • • How to start with variable fonts on the web by me: bit.ly/2NgHQId Use a variable font with fallback web fonts by me: bit.ly/2Dk22qY For new releases v-fonts.com & twitter.com/variablefonts Testing variable fonts axis-praxis.org & play.typedetail.com List of available variable Fonts by Indra Kupferschmid: bit.ly/2MC8QV9 Getting started with variable fonts by Richard Rutter: bit.ly/2BwVViT Use variable fonts in the real world by Richard Rutter: bit.ly/2FLvtRc TYPO Labs 2018 various talks: typotalks.com/labs ! glyphe

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Oliver Schöndorfer ! glyphe Gingham by Christoph Koeberlin zeichenschatz.net ” zeichenschatz