Getting started with Variable fonts on the web
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2023-03-02

Variable fonts are really awesome and open up some new doors for typography, so in this video I take a look at what they are, how they work, and how to use them on your websites.

🔗 Links
✅ Axis Praxis: https://www.axis-praxis.org/
✅ Wakamai Fondue: https://wakamaifondue.com/
✅ v-fonts: https://v-fonts.com/
✅ Font converter/compression that I used in this video: https://everythingfonts.com/ttf-to-woff2
✅ Command line font compression: https://github.com/google/woff2

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:45 - What are variable fonts
04:36 - Where we can find variable fonts
07:00 - Font weights - static vs variable
08:35 - Converting a variable ttf to a woff2
10:31 - Setting up the font face declaration to use a variable font
11:35 - Finding the different axis available in a font
15:00 - Working with custom axis
17:30 - Using custom properties to make the axis easier to work with

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