While we're on this topic... @figmadesign any updates on the roadmap to support variable fonts?
They're an essential part to make future web typography better. Figma should be leading the way here.
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Seriously! I know they are disabling Variable fonts in their app this week because of support issues for families like SF Pro that is now full variable. With Apple, Google, and many other providers moving this direction I'm shocked that Figma isn't stepping up in this department.
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Dave Crossland Retweeted Marcin Wichary
But what are your specific use cases? Optical size for all text everywhere, automatically? Grade for dark mode? Expressive axes for branding? Tweaking weight on hover? Fitting text into a box by reducing the width axis just enough? https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1311366695588524033?s=19 … wants to know :)
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Those are helpful, but they are not specific. :·) Sorry, not being facetious. I hear you and your tweets are helping. The VF support will happen. (But it doesn’t feel accurate to say we are removing support this week. We did never have any to begin with.)
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What are examples of "specific" use cases, Marcin? :)
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Marcin Wichary Retweeted Plau
Specific font/company/product! This is a good example.https://twitter.com/PlauDesign/status/1311859945059557378 …
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A little project called iOS 14 ships & uses Weight & Optical Size variable fonts across the system. https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/visual-design/typography/ …pic.twitter.com/UdtuwikRbX
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Haha, yes, I heard of that one. :·) (That WWDC talk was actually pretty entertaining!)
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Loved that talk! Was just watching it again. Maybe you can tell the team that no one will be able to design for iOS until variable fonts are supported?
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