From c130c691f579613490dabfe2da9bd7b2a562e70b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rasmus Andersson Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 18:51:11 -0700 Subject: misc documentation on variable font usage --- misc/dist/variable.txt | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'misc') diff --git a/misc/dist/variable.txt b/misc/dist/variable.txt index 2f79e19b1..566b2ef28 100644 --- a/misc/dist/variable.txt +++ b/misc/dist/variable.txt @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Variable fonts is a new technology still undergoing development. The directory named "Inter (TTF variable)" contains three files: -- Inter.var.ttf -- multi-axis complete family -- Inter-italic.var.ttf -- italic-only with variable weight axis. -- Inter-upright.var.ttf-- upright-only with variable weight axis. +- Inter.var.ttf -- Multi-axis complete family +- Inter-italic.var.ttf -- Single-axis italic style with variable weight axis. +- Inter-upright.var.ttf -- Single-axis upright/roman style with variable weight axis. The "Inter (web)" directory contains WOFF2 versions of these same font files. @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Support for variable fonts is limited as of late 2018, but support is quickly arriving to web browsers, operating systems and design application. +Multi-axis variable fonts have worse support than single-axis variable fonts, +so in case you are experiencing issue with the multi-axis font, try the +two single-axis variable fonts instead. + If you're in doubt or uncertain about variable fonts, then you probably don't need to use a variable font, and you can ignore files which name contains ".var" -- cgit v1.2.3