Getting started with Variable fonts on the web

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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 #css -- Come hang out with other dev's in my Discord Community 💬 https://discord.gg/nTYCvrK Keep up to date with everything I'm up to ✉ https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter Come hang out with me live every Monday on Twitch! 📺 https://www.twitch.tv/kevinpowellcss --- Help support my channel 👨‍🎓 Get a course: https://www.kevinpowell.co/courses 👕 Buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/making-the-internet-awesome 💖 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kevinpowell --- My editor: VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/ --- I'm on some other places on the internet too! If you'd like

Published 2023-03-02 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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