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CSS: Variable Fonts

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Overview

Get a comprehensive guide to using variable fonts to make designs pop while preserving efficient use of bandwidth.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Variable fonts: An introduction
1. Variable Fonts: The Big Picture
  • What are variable fonts?
  • Some examples of variable fonts
2. Variable Fonts: The Basics
  • The variation axis
  • Variation: Weight
  • Variation: Width
  • Variation: Optical size
  • Variation: Slant
  • Variation: Italic
  • Use browser tools to discover axis
  • Custom variation axes
2. Variable Fonts in Practice
  • Add a variable font
  • Style variable fonts using old properties
  • Use the font-variation-settings property
  • Interplay between variation axes
  • Use custom properties for easier styling
  • Design typography in the browser
3. Backward Compatibility
  • Current browser support
  • Providing proper fallbacks
Conclusion
  • Thanks, that was fun

Taught by

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

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