We’ve seen very similar technologies in the past-Multiple Master (MM), GX/Apple Advanced Typography (GX)-that were not widely used. This intersection of interests, combined with the need for a common web platform, sparked the alliance of the four headline companies, with support and interest from type foundries and makers of font tools, including from us at FontLab. The former is appealing to designers in all media, including print and screen, and the latter interests web developers and companies involved in web infrastructure and devices with limited storage capacity. ![]() Variable fonts permit near-infinite variation along specified design axes and offer space-saving packaging of large font families. Its potential impact on design and designers is far greater than that of Monotype acquiring Linotype and of Hoefler & Frere-Jones splitting up. ![]() The 1.8 label is deceptive-widespread support for variable fonts is arguably the biggest development in fonts since OpenType was first announced 20 years ago. ![]() On September 14, at the Association Typographique Internationale’s annual typography conference in Warsaw, Poland, representatives of four of the biggest companies behind operating systems, design and the web announced their support for a new standard: OpenType 1.8, featuring OpenType Font Variations (variable fonts).
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