- From: John Daggett via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:21:03 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
nattokirai has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts: == [css4-fonts] support for OpenType font variations == A new version of the OpenType spec defines a new font type, OpenType Font Variations, that includes not only glyph outlines but data that indicates how those outlines change by weight, width or other custom font axis. This allow a single font file to effectively serve as an efficient container for a wide variety of font instances within a single font family. Background description: [John Hudson's blog post on variable fonts] (https://medium.com/@tiro/https-medium-com-tiro-introducing-opentype-variable-fonts-12ba6cd2369) Spec reference: [OpenType 1.8 spec] (https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec180/otvaroverview.htm) For these fonts to be available within web content, adjustments are needed to the CSS Fonts spec, possibly including new properties. The new OpenType spec defines a number of "standard" axes along with the ability to support custom axes created by a type designer. Design goals for CSS changes to support variable fonts: * support existing content that uses a font family containing variable fonts * allow efficient use of variable fonts as downloadable resources * allow author access to the custom axes that a type designer includes in their design Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/498 using your GitHub account
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