[FEATURE REQUEST] Variable Font Support

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

This is becoming more and more of an issue as Google Fonts continues to switch many fonts to only offer variable downloads. Currently, the editor displays all variable fonts at medium weight and doesn't give a slider to set the weight or other settings that may be included in a font.

[SharkPool-SP]

Use stylists or variables expanded or custom styles to customize the variable monitor and font 🤷‍♂️

[SharkPool-SP]

Apparently this is not the same thing oops

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

SP, we're in PenguinMod-Paint. I'm talking about the paint editor.

[SharkPool-SP]

SP, we're in PenguinMod-Paint. I'm talking about the paint editor.

Thought you might've been stupid

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

You do know what variable fonts are, right lol

[SharkPool-SP]

Not until now

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

okay well like

add support for them and other opentype features

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

bump... we need this!!!! @SharkPool-SP

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

to give an example of why this is important: google fonts is now starting to supply fonts in variable font format (which only uses one file and supports multiple axies of modification such as a width slider, italic strength slider, grade slider, etc.)

[SharkPool-SP]

I think it's best to reject this, custom fonts using this variable thing will probably do nothing since the actual font asset the vm will use would probably not update.

[SharkPool-SP]

Which means you'd need to reimport the font when a variable changes

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

I think it's best to reject this, custom fonts using this variable thing will probably do nothing since the actual font asset the vm will use would probably not update.

variable fonts don't include different font assets, they're dynamically rendered based on the values of the axies
I'm pretty sure there is many libraries that make this easier

[mmmmaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk]

check this out for a demo of this https://v-fonts.com/