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Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by camdenreslink on Thursday October 04, 2018 @11:34AM (#18140843)
Super cool, reminds me of metafont. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LR_lBEy7qU
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by guessmyname on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:46PM (#18141503)
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by maximegarcia on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:30PM (#18141876)
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by svat on Thursday October 04, 2018 @04:18PM (#18143299)
See also Metaflop 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.

Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by themmes on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:48AM (#18139375)
Nice 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).

Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by woodrowbarlow on Thursday October 04, 2018 @11:01AM (#18140492)
Firefox and Safari on Mac requires MacOS 10.13+ to display variable fonts. https://caniuse.com/#feat=variable-fonts
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by graedus on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:51AM (#18140410)
Agreed, nice site. On Windows 10, the sliders do not work in Firefox 62.0.3, and they do work in Chrome 69.
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:25PM (#18141322)
Works 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 ...

Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by feniv on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:18PM (#18141768)
Anyone have a good resource on how variable fonts work? What kind of programmability does it support?
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by panic on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:52PM (#18142053)
This article seems to be a good introduction: https://medium.com/variable-fonts/https-medium-com-tiro-intr...
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by JunaidBhai on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:55AM (#18139433)
This is pretty cool. Is it also possible to request fonts for customizations? My http://draftss.com team can definitely use something like this in designing logos.
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by ozimisozim99 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:04AM (#18139490)
Wow! What is the total number of available fonts?
Re:Show HN: A simple resource for finding and trying variabl... by jonifico on Thursday October 04, 2018 @07:07PM (#18144458)
Hello, more than 60 and counting :)