Fontforge: Feature Request: Support for Variable Fonts

Created on 26 Nov 2016 · 6Comments · Source: fontforge/fontforge

Hello @jtanx , @frank-trampe , @davelab6

to cut a long story short, you can now export single- and multiple-axis Multiple Master files as Variable Fonts. And Brace Layers are supported too, by the way.
https://glyphsapp.com/blog/new-features-in-glyphs-2-4

Can you program this for FontForge?
https://github.com/mekkablue/ShowInterpolations

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typedesigner

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There is already support for variable fonts: It's under the MM menu. It's also outdated: it doesn't support OpenType's version, but PostScript Multiple Masters and QuickDraw GX variable fonts.

This is better tracked in issue #2882.

MaddTheSane on 16 Mar 2019

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I suggest to wait for the next trufont release and then use that :)

davelab6 on 26 Nov 2016

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Are there any people still working on fontforge? For I have not enogh cash to get a Mac and so the reat Glyphs-App, I have to use fontforge, which therefor is a great opensource font app. But ther should be a variable font update, because this is the feature of the future (al´most through).

Gaudenz77 on 15 Nov 2018

There is already support for variable fonts: It's under the MM menu. It's also outdated: it doesn't support OpenType's version, but PostScript Multiple Masters and QuickDraw GX variable fonts.

This is better tracked in issue #2882.

MaddTheSane on 16 Mar 2019

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Thanks @MaddTheSane for answering!

Gaudenz77 on 19 Mar 2019

So can we close this issue then?