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Re:Helvetica Now Variable by perardi on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:06PM (#28212203)
Well by gosh, I am old enough to remember Adobe Multiple Masters…

https://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/30/the-adobe-originals-silv...

…a technology which went absolutely nowhere.

Makes me glad to see Helvetica is now available as variable, as well as a non-trivial number of open-source fonts.

https://fonts.google.com/?vfonly=true&sort=popularity

(Still waiting for Roboto, though. Slab and mono are there, the main sans isn’t yet, which is too bad.)

Re:Helvetica Now Variable by hyper_dynamics on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:22AM (#28219120)
I bought a license for Myriad Pro MM for 400 Deutsche Mark before it was cool :D