Variable Fonts | Responsive Web Typography

Variable Fonts & Dynamic Typographic Systems

In this webinar for SmashingTV, we’ll start with a look at the current trends (and challenges) with design and design systems, and then move to an introduction to Variable Fonts and why they’re so important. Then we’ll have a quick...

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An Exploration of Variable Fonts

by Mathieu Triay

Mathieu is a creative technologist with the BBC, and wrote a really great post about their explorations of variable fonts stemming from a workshop they...

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Responsive Type and Typography Workshop on Frontend Masters

by Jason Pamental

I recorded an update to my full-day Responsive Typography workshop to include a whole new typographic system and variable fonts. It covers screen scaling, modern...

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Evolution of Typography with Variable Fonts published on Monotype.com

by Jason Pamental

I originally wrote this essay as part of the FF Meta variable font demo that Monotype commissioned me to create. It’s now been published on...

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Font Playground

by Wenting Zhang

Wenting (@DesignJokes) is an amazing developer and designer at Adobe, and has come up with some truly innovative interface ideas for playing with type and...

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V-Fonts.com

by Nick Sherman

Nick Sherman’s v-fonts.com site is an emerging catalog of available variable fonts (follow @variablefonts for lots more resources), from one of the most knowledgeable people...

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Axis-Praxis.org

by Laurence Penney

Axis-Praxis.org is the original ‘variable fonts playground’ created by Laurence Penney (@lorp). It's a fantastic resource for learning about, playing with, and using this amazing...

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The evolution of typography with variable fonts: an introduction

Monday, 30 July, 2018

Words have power, and typography is their voice For centuries, type has been how we ‘hear’ what we read. It’s also generally understood that typefaces and typography are a core element of branding, of expression, of vocal range. Great typography...

Variable Fonts & The Future of Web Design

The web is about words—ok, and cat videos—but otherwise lots and lots of words. We’re well past the tipping point of ‘more mobile than desktop’, and the use of content management systems has skyrocketed—so the way we set those words...

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Photo by Peter Constable of Jason teaching the workshop

Responsive Type & Typography

A Primer on Variable Fonts and Modern Digital Typography Variable Fonts are fast becoming the new standard in supported web font technology—remarkably in only a little over a year since their introduction. In this workshop we will look at what...

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Variable Fonts and Our New Typography

For centuries, typography has shaped the way we ‘hear’ what we read. In our web work, though, we’ve have to balance our typographic desires with user experience and performance, knowing that every weight, width, or style of a typeface required...

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Variable Fonts on Typography Dojo

by Jason Pamental

For centuries, typography has shaped the way we ‘hear’ what we read. In our web work, though, we’ve had to balance our typographic desires with...

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WakamaiFondue

by Roel Nieskens

Roel’s sense of humor (wakamaifondue == what can my font do... get it?) is only outshone by how clever he is as a developer. This...

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The Future of Web Layout w/Rachel Andrew & Jason Pamental

by Jason Pamental

A webinar discussing new advances in web layout techniques that will impact web designers and developers in the near future. Rachel and talk about grid...

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Boagworld: Design workflows (and maybe a little bit about variable fonts) with Jason Pamental

by Jason Pamental

I talk with Paul and Leigh about design workflow, tools, and a little side-trip about variable fonts. But mostly it’s a deep dive into different...

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Shoptalk Show #296: Variable Fonts with Jason Pamental

by Jason Pamental

I had a great time talking to Chris and Dave about variable fonts, responsive typography, and how performance is only a part of the story...

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Intro to Variable Fonts on UIE’s All You Can Learn with Jason Pamental

by Jason Pamental

In this seminar, Jason, with the help of some photogenic puppies, guides us through the history and importance of typography and how the evolution of...

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Interviewed for Top Web Design Trends of 2018

Wednesday, 3 January, 2018

Oliver Lindberg interviewed myself and a bunch of really smart and talented folks about what we see as upcoming trends in web design for the Shopify Partners blog. Shockingly, I suggested that variable fonts will be a big thing :)...