OpenType variable fonts integration in the layout engine affects at least the following aspects: 1) Axis value assignments from font-variation-settings 2) Integration of variable fonts axis parameters into layout operations 3) Font matching for: * Matching based on canonical scalable axes such as width or weight or optical sizing. * Matching named instances 4) Feature resolution of CSS props, feature-settings and variation settings
Demo
Documentation
Specification
Specification being incubated in a Community Group
Status in Chromium
Enabled by default
(tracking bug)
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- No signal
- Shipped/Shipping
- Positive
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Search tags
variable fonts, variation fonts, font-variation-settings, axis, axes, opentype, variation, variable,Last updated on 2021-12-06
Comments
It's recommended to track the meta bug for details on level of current support.