Variable fonts & the new Google Fonts API | Responsive Web Typography

Google Variable fonts

Open Type formatet Variabla typsnitt har utvecklats av Microsoft, Google, Apple och Adobe. Google har nu tagit fram ett antal typsnittsfiler som kan anropas direkt med Googles API.

Open Type Variable Fonts innehåller flera olika vikter och stilar i en och samma fil. Det innebär att man kan utnyttja fler, korrekta fonter i ett och samma serveranrop vilket, korthet, betyder snabbare webbsida, lättare formgivning och lättare kodning för utvecklarna.

Lek och testa variable fonts: https://v-fonts.com/

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How to Design a Google Font | Lingo Blog

Two typography designers talk about what it takes to create a font for Google.

Written By: Jill Blackmore Evans

This article originally appeared on Format Magazine and was republished with permission.The new, updated Google Fonts is a treasure trove of open source, totally free-to-use typefaces. From classic to creative, the new font selection supports over 135 languages, and is set up to let typography buffs easily discover new fonts by browsing through style categories like Serif or Handwriting.Who are the designers behind Google’s favorite typefaces? We spoke to two of them to find out what it takes to design a font for Google.

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Monotype, Google and MIT’s AgeLab team up to research legibility

The way we read has changed dramatically in the past few decades. Our default method is no longer to read ink on paper but digital type on screens of all sizes – from handheld phones and tablets to large-scale billboards. Most of us now consume information at a glance: a brief look at a text message, a pop-up notification on your desktop, the screen of your smartwatch or the Sat Nav in your car. We often read on the move and in visually noisier environments than ever before.

There is a great deal of research into legibility – how fonts and typography styles affect our ability to consume information – but much of it dates back to a time when the predominant form of reading was in print or at a desk. A new research consortium founded by MIT’s AgeLab, Google and Monotype, however, is hoping to investigate how we read in ‘glance-based’ environments: in particular, on digital screens, HUD displays and in VR and AR environments.

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