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# Setting files for IntelliJ / WebStorm
.idea/
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/variable-fonts/fonts
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"@db-ui/components": "^0.0.68",
"cpx2": "^7.0.1",
"npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
"vite": "^5.1.6"
"vite": "^5.1.7"
}
}
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# Variable fonts

This is a repo with information how variable fonts are structured and how to build/use/manipulate them.

Spoiler: At the moment (2024-08-21) there aren't much information about the technical approach. Furthermore, the capabilities of creating it via open source tools is kind of hard.

## The basics

> Variable fonts are an evolution of the OpenType font specification that enables many different variations of a typeface to be incorporated into a single file.
Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_fonts/Variable_fonts_guide

- It is fully supported in all browsers, see [MDNs Variable_fonts_guide](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_fonts/Variable_fonts_guide).
- In general the font file (`.otf`/`.ttf`) contains an additional [table](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/fvar) to enable the variable font.

## The idea

In a naive way I thought: "We have already an icon font, it should be easy to convert it to a variable font" - I was wrong.

First of all if we use for example this [tool](https://github.com/db-ui/gif) we can generate different file types. And it may contain different icon sizes (e.g. 16, 24, 32) which might look different, with different weights etc.

But the biggest problem is that a variable font has a restriction: To interpolate a font glyph, it needs the same amount of points and lines and in the same order. Otherwise, it won't be able to interpolate properly.

## The tools

A great place to start is [opentype.js](https://opentype.js.org/). You can check already created variable fonts here. And there is a good JS library behind it. Currently, they don't support writing variable fonts, but there is a [PR for variable fonts support](https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js/pull/701).

## Create our own variable font with open source tools

Based on a [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQuWARCUWI) you can create your own variable font with some open source tools. You need those tools:

- [FontForge](https://fontforge.org/)
- Python Libraries: [fontmake](https://github.com/googlefonts/fontmake)

## Example

> You need to go into this directory: `cd variable-fonts`
1. We use a simple `test.svg` with two rectangles as a testing icon.
2. We run `npx @db-ui/gif --src . --fontName test`
3. This will create some font files. For this example we need `fonts/all/test.woff2`
4. We use [FontForge](https://fontforge.org/) to open the `test.woff2`
5. We will save the current font as `.sfd` format like `test.sfd`. Then we change the font name via FontForge settings to something like `test_bold` and save another file as `test_bold.sfd`.
6. Next we scroll to the bottom of the `test_bold` font inside FontForge and change the positions of the points inside the glyph. In this case we use the empty space between the rectangles to widen them.
7. After this we will create a font from both the `test.sfd` and `test_bold.sfd` as `.ufo` file. **Warning** the SVG might get redrawn by `@db-ui/gif` you may need to fix issues (like the direction) in FontForge by using the "Element/Validation" setting.
8. Next we need to create a `.designspace` file. This is a representation (XML) for how the axis works. Check the `test.designspace` for more information.
9. Now we need to run `fontmake -m test.designspace -o variable --production-names --output-path test.ttf`
10. Goto [this](https://opentype.js.org/glyph-inspector.html) website and open the `test.ttf`. You should change the `weight` of the icon with the slider provided. You may also see `index.html` and `index.css` to check how you use an axis inside HTML/CSS.
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@font-face {
font-family: "test";
src: url("test.ttf") format("truetype-variations");
}

.test {
font-family: "test" !important;
font-style: normal;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

.semi {
font-variation-settings: "wght" 750;
}

.max {
font-variation-settings: "wght" 1000;
}
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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>test</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css" />
</head>

<body>
<div class="icons">
<ul>
<li class="class-icon">
<i class="test">test</i>
<span class="name">test default</span>
</li>
<li class="class-icon">
<i class="test semi">test</i>
<span class="name">test weight semi</span>
</li>
<li class="class-icon">
<i class="test max">test</i>
<span class="name">test weight max</span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<designspace format="4.0">
<axes>
<axis tag="wght" name="weight" minimum="0" maximum="1000" default="0"/>
</axes>
<sources>
<source filename="test.ufo" name="master.test.bold.0" familyname="test" stylename="light">
<lib copy="1"/>
<groups copy="1"/>
<features copy="1"/>
<info copy="1"/>
<location>
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="0"/>
</location>
</source>
<source filename="test_bold.ufo" familyname="test" stylename="bold">
<location>
<dimension name="weight" xvalue="1000"/>
</location>
</source>
</sources>
</designspace>
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SplineFontDB: 3.2
FontName: test
FullName: test
FamilyName: test
Weight: Book
Version: 1.0
ItalicAngle: 0
UnderlinePosition: 10
UnderlineWidth: 0
Ascent: 1000
Descent: 0
InvalidEm: 0
sfntRevision: 0x00010000
LayerCount: 2
Layer: 0 1 "Hinten" 1
Layer: 1 1 "Vorne" 0
XUID: [1021 432 367290026 18882]
StyleMap: 0x0040
FSType: 0
OS2Version: 4
OS2_WeightWidthSlopeOnly: 0
OS2_UseTypoMetrics: 1
CreationTime: 1724240026
ModificationTime: 1724241070
PfmFamily: 17
TTFWeight: 400
TTFWidth: 5
LineGap: 0
VLineGap: 0
Panose: 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
OS2TypoAscent: 1000
OS2TypoAOffset: 0
OS2TypoDescent: 0
OS2TypoDOffset: 0
OS2TypoLinegap: 90
OS2WinAscent: 1090
OS2WinAOffset: 0
OS2WinDescent: 0
OS2WinDOffset: 0
HheadAscent: 1000
HheadAOffset: 0
HheadDescent: 0
HheadDOffset: 0
OS2SubXSize: 634
OS2SubYSize: 700
OS2SubXOff: 0
OS2SubYOff: 140
OS2SupXSize: 634
OS2SupYSize: 700
OS2SupXOff: 0
OS2SupYOff: 480
OS2StrikeYSize: 49
OS2StrikeYPos: 258
OS2Vendor: 'PfEd'
OS2CodePages: 00000001.00000000
OS2UnicodeRanges: 00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
Lookup: 4 0 1 "'liga' Standard-Ligaturen in Lateinisch Nachschlagetabelle 0" { "'liga' Standard-Ligaturen in Lateinisch Nachschlagetabelle 0 Subtabelle" } [' RQD' ('DFLT' <'dflt' > 'latn' <'dflt' > ) 'liga' ('DFLT' <'dflt' > 'latn' <'dflt' > ) ]
DEI: 91125
ShortTable: maxp 16
1
0
5
10
2
0
0
2
0
10
10
0
255
0
0
0
EndShort
LangName: 1033 "" "" "Regular" "test" "" "Version 1.0" "" "" "" "" "Generated by svg2ttf from Fontello project." "http://fontello.com"
Encoding: UnicodeFull
UnicodeInterp: none
NameList: AGL For New Fonts
DisplaySize: -48
AntiAlias: 1
FitToEm: 0
WinInfo: 1113628 38 13
BeginChars: 1114114 5

StartChar: .notdef
Encoding: 1114112 -1 0
GlifName: _notdef
Width: 0
GlyphClass: 1
Flags: W
LayerCount: 2
Fore
Validated: 1
EndChar

StartChar: test
Encoding: 1114113 -1 1
GlifName: test
Width: 1000
GlyphClass: 1
Flags: WO
LayerCount: 2
Fore
SplineSet
250 500 m 1,0,-1
250 750 l 1,1,-1
375 750 l 1,2,-1
375 250 l 1,3,-1
250 250 l 1,4,-1
250 500 l 1,0,-1
625 500 m 1,5,-1
625 750 l 1,6,-1
750 750 l 1,7,-1
750 250 l 1,8,-1
625 250 l 1,9,-1
625 500 l 1,5,-1
EndSplineSet
LCarets2: 3 0 0 0
Ligature2: "'liga' Standard-Ligaturen in Lateinisch Nachschlagetabelle 0 Subtabelle" t e s t
EndChar

StartChar: t
Encoding: 116 116 2
GlifName: t
Width: 0
GlyphClass: 1
Flags: W
LayerCount: 2
Fore
Validated: 1
EndChar

StartChar: e
Encoding: 101 101 3
GlifName: e
Width: 0
GlyphClass: 1
Flags: W
LayerCount: 2
Fore
Validated: 1
EndChar

StartChar: s
Encoding: 115 115 4
GlifName: s
Width: 0
GlyphClass: 1
Flags: W
LayerCount: 2
Fore
Validated: 1
EndChar
EndChars
EndSplineFont
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languagesystem DFLT dflt;
languagesystem latn dflt;


# GSUB


lookup ligaStandardLigatureninLateinischNachschlagetabelle0 {
lookupflag 0;
sub \t \e \s \t by \test;
} ligaStandardLigatureninLateinischNachschlagetabelle0;

feature RQD {

script DFLT;
language dflt ;
lookup ligaStandardLigatureninLateinischNachschlagetabelle0;

script latn;
language dflt ;
lookup ligaStandardLigatureninLateinischNachschlagetabelle0;
} RQD;

feature liga {

script DFLT;
language dflt ;
lookup ligaStandardLigatureninLateinischNachschlagetabelle0;

script latn;
language dflt ;
lookup ligaStandardLigatureninLateinischNachschlagetabelle0;
} liga;
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