Variable font capable software is already more pervasive than you might think. But not all support is equal, as you’ll see. This means font variations is a usable technology right now. Safari 11, Chrome 62+, Firefox 57+ and Edge 17+ all support variable fonts (Firefox only on a Mac and if you set the correct flags). Two months ago browser support for variable fonts was only 7%, but as of this morning support is at over 60%. It might well be the first commercial site ever to do so. There are plenty of sites out there demoing the possibilities of variable fonts and the font variation technology within, but for the new Ampersand conference website I wanted to show variable fonts being using in a real, production context. (I wrote more about them here in an extract from my Web Typography book).
This article has been updated to reflect pending clarifications and modifications to the CSS Fonts Module Level 4.Ī variable font is a single font file which behaves like multiple styles.
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