Online: Getting Started with Variable Fonts
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We often find web fonts at the center of the "design vs performance" debate. On the one hand, branding and design constraints treat custom fonts as necessary; on the other, strict performance requirements might judge them as a luxury.
Things get even more tense when designs specify multiple weights and styles of the font. Each new style adds requests to the page!
Enter Variable Fonts!
What if a single font request could get you all the font variations you need? That's what variable fonts provide. A new font format that can hold multiple weights, styles, and other variants.
In this talk, we'll cover the bases for everyone.
• If you're a designer, we'll show you how visually nuanced and flexible variable fonts are and where you can find them.
• If you're a front-end developer, we'll cover the new CSS syntax for using variable fonts.
• If you're a performance engineer, we'll even touch on optimization wins, trade-offs, and tools!