Apple’s latest San Francisco variable system fonts, shipping with recent macOS updates, cover a much larger range of weights and widths than ever before, as well as axes for optical size variation and multiplexed grades. v-fonts.com/fonts/sf-pro

Slice is a new open source app from @sourcefoundry that uses @FontTools to slice the design space of variable fonts into smaller sections (e.g. if you just want one axis from a multi-axis font). It can also generate custom static fonts and edit font names. slice-gui.netlify.app/docs/

The automatic Optical Size preference for variable fonts in InDesign 16.2 revives functionality that has actually existed in InDesign for many years. It was mostly forgotten though because it only worked with Adobe’s old Multiple Master font format. flickr.com/photos/nicksherma…

The new @InDesign 16.2 has an option to automatically set the Optical Size value of variable fonts based on font size: helpx.adobe.com/indesign/use… (Font shown here is @djrrb’s Output Sans Hairlines, designed to maintain consistent stroke weight across sizes: v-fonts.com/fonts/output-san…)

What version of Windows are you testing with? Works here with Firefox on Windows 10 (v1903).

If you haven’t visited v-fonts.com recently, a bunch of new variable fonts from the past few months have been added to the list, with a few more on the way shortly. With any luck there may be some new search and filtering options on the site soon, too.🤞

The @cavalry__app for 2D animation, now in free public beta, includes support for variable fonts: cavalry.scenegroup.co/#Featu… It’s been added to the list of apps with variable font support: v-fonts.com/support/ (Thanks to @PlauDesign for the tip.)

This is your regular friendly reminder to check out the new variable fonts listed at v-fonts.com. The most recent entries come from: @Rastvortsev @grillitype @delvefonts @_TYPETYPE_ @OHnoTypeCo @29Letters @swelltype @sudtipos @DaltonMaag and more.

The list of variable fonts at v-fonts.com has been updated to include a bunch of new stuff from: @OHnoTypeCo @djrrb @hyvyys @jenskutilek @rubyicon OtherwhereCollective @Zetafonts @boxtubelabs and more.

Samsa is a new web app from @Lorp (founder of @axis_praxis) that shows how #variablefonts work under the hood, with interactive visualizations for glyph outlines, variation deltas, etc. It also lets you export static fonts from custom variation settings. github.com/Lorp/samsa