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Variable Fonts (beta)

A simple resource for finding and trying variable fonts

⚠️ Notice: As a showcase of variable fonts, this site requires a web browser that supports OpenType font variation technology. It looks like your browser doesn’t, so please consider upgrading to one that does (the latest versions of Chrome work well, even on older operating systems). Otherwise, the font samples below will only appear as static fonts.

ETC Trispace Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
50 200

A typeface where all glyphs occupy one of three possible widths, adapted from League Mono.

Design:Tyler Finck
Publisher:Etcetera Type Company
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-04-12
Licensing:Free for personal and commercial use
Info/fonts:etc.supply

Denso

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
1 10
1 10
1 10

A condensed typeface with retractable serifs and variable stroke contrast.

Design:Pedro Leal, Dino dos Santos
Publisher:DSType
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-04-10
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:dstype.com

Waialua Variable

  • No sample available
1 1000

A brushy script.

Design:Jeremy Dooley
Publisher:insigne
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-04-08
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:myfonts.com

Whatchamacallit

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
100 200
0 100

A cartoony sans.

Design:John Roshell
Publisher:Comicraft
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-04-08
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:comicbookfonts.com

IBM Plex Sans Variable

  • IBM Plex Sans Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • IBM Plex Sans Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 700
85 100

A variable incarnation of the sans-serif styles from IBM’s Plex type series.

Design:Mike Abbink, Bold Monday, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen
Publisher:IBM
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-04-08
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

TINY

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 300

A mostly-monospaced dot-matrix typeface based on the smallest type size of 5 dots on the HandJet EBS-250 hand-held printer. Includes several sets of stylistic alternate glyphs, with different dot configurations and widths.

Design:Jack Halten Fahnestock
Publisher:Velvetyne Type Foundry
Characters:Latin, Dingbats/emoji
Release:2019-04-04
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:velvetyne.fr

rotor

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 180

A monospaced typeface with an unusual axis for rotating glyphs on the X axis, as if in three-dimensional space.

Design:Jan Sindler
Publisher:Jan Sindler
Characters:Latin (limited)
Release:2019-04-02
Licensing:Paid/commercial, Trial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

FK Roman VF

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
1 100

A serif typeface with sharp details.

Design:Florian Karsten
Publisher:Florian Karsten
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-04-01
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:floriankarsten.com

Gimlet Variable Bold Condensed

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
48 144

A variable version of Gimlet covering a range of extra-large optical sizes for the Condensed Bold style, beyond the optical sizes available in the standard retail release.

Design:David Jonathan Ross
Publisher:DJR, Font of the Month Club
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-04-01
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:djr.com

Graduate

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
40 200
100 800
8 16
0 20
750 850
0 100
100 800
0 30
0 50
650 750
0 50
-20 0

A slab serif styled after classic letterman / varsity style lettering, with some variation axes adopted from the Type Network parametric axes proposal.

Design:Eduardo Tunni
Publisher:Eduardo Tunni
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-03-26
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

Galien

  • Galien
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Galien Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 1000

A humanist serif typeface inspired by type from the French Renaissance.

Design:Black[Foundry]
Publisher:Black[Foundry]
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-03-26
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:black-foundry.com

Fira Code

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
300 700

A monospaced typeface intended for code and programming, based on Mozilla’s Fira typeface. It includes a set of ligatures for character combinations commonly used in programming. The variable version was contributed by Stephen Nixon.

Design:Carrois Corporate, Edenspiekermann AG, Nikita Prokopov
Publisher:Nikita Prokopov
Characters:Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Dingbats/emoji
Release:2019-03-25
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

Felona st

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
200 800

A squarish stencil sans.

Design:Fernando Haro
Publisher:deFharo
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-03-24
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:defharo.com

CoFo Peshka Variable

  • АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
0 1000
0 1000

An industrial sans inspired by Russian lettering from the 1920s. Designed by Maria Doreuli with the help of Anna Khorash. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Design:Maria Doreuli
Publisher:Contrast Foundry
Characters:Cyrillic (limited), Latin (limited)
Release:2019-03-18
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

FK Grotesk VF

  • FK Grotesk VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • FK Grotesk VF Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
400 700

A sans typeface with subtle quirkiness.

Design:Florian Karsten
Publisher:Florian Karsten
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-03-10
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:floriankarsten.com

Objektiv VF

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
0 1

A geometric-ish sans that works as a companion to Mokoko.

Design:Dalton Maag Ltd.
Publisher:Dalton Maag Ltd.
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-03-07
Licensing:Paid/commercial, Trial
Info/fonts:daltonmaag.com

Mokoko VF

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
0 1

A geometric-ish slab serif that works as a companion to Objektiv.

Design:Dalton Maag Ltd.
Publisher:Dalton Maag Ltd.
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-03-07
Licensing:Paid/commercial, Trial
Info/fonts:daltonmaag.com

WHOA

  • WHOA Spine
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
  • WHOA Top
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
-1000 1000
-1000 1000
-45 45

The variation of this typeface expands the outlined forms “into a three dimensional hyperspace”. It also includes a filled top style for layering. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress. (Note: Some browsers may show strange artifacts due to rendering bugs.)

Design:Scribble Tone
Publisher:Scribble Tone
Characters:Latin (limited)
Release:2019-03-05
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Movement Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
100 900
100 120

A variable typeface inspired by dance movements. It began as a collaboration with Design Indaba and the contemporary dancer Andile Vellem, and is offered with a Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0 license.

Design:María Ramos, Noel Pretorius
Publisher:NM Type
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-02-28
Licensing:Free for personal and commercial use
Info/fonts:nmtype.com

CSTM Xprmntl 03

  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0213456789
    абвгдеёжзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
0 950

An experimental typeface that embraces the strange results of interpolating between blackletter and early Cyrillic ustav forms. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Design:CSTM Fonts
Publisher:CSTM Fonts
Characters:Cyrillic (limited), Latin (limited)
Release:2019-02-21
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Spezia

  • Spezia
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Spezia Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 1000
0 100

A simple Swiss sans.

Design:Luzi Gantenbein
Publisher:Luzi Type
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-02-14
Licensing:Paid/commercial, Trial
Info/fonts:luzi-type.ch

FK Display VF

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 100

A sans typeface related to FK Grotesk but with more exaggerated personality.

Design:Florian Karsten
Publisher:Florian Karsten
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-02-10
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:floriankarsten.com

PF Mellon

  • PF Mellon
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • PF Mellon (with OpenType stylistic alternates enabled)
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
300 1000

A condensed sans with several sets of stylistic alternate glyphs.

Design:Panos Vassiliou
Publisher:Parachute Typefoundry
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-02-07
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:myfonts.com

Vinila Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 1000
0 1000
0 10

A multipurpose sans with exaggerated ink traps.

Design:Flora de Carvalho, Rodrigo Saiani
Publisher:Plau
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-02-05
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:plau.co

Source Han VF Proto

  • Source Han VF Proto
    No sample available
  • Source Han Serif VF Proto
    No sample available
  • Source Han Sans VF Proto
    No sample available
200 900
75 100

These prototype fonts were built by Ken Lunde and his colleagues at Adobe for developers to test support for “variable font collections” that combine the technologies for both variable fonts and font collections. The fonts simulate the structure (styles, glyphs, character mapping, features, etc) of Source Han (Serif & Sans) and Noto CJK, but only contain a dozen or so functional glyphs, repeated thousands of times. Lunde’s introduction explains how variable font collections can greatly reduce file sizes for type systems with expansive character support, like Pan-CJK fonts for typesetting East Asian scripts.

Design:Adobe Inc.
Publisher:Adobe Inc.
Characters:East Asian / CJK, Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Dingbats/emoji
Release:2019-02-01
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

Bree Variable

  • Bree Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Bree Variable Oblique
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Bree Cyrillic
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • Bree Cyrillic Oblique
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • Bree Greek
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
  • Bree Greek Oblique
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
0 1000

A variable version of Bree, with Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek components. The variable fonts are bundled with each full set of styles for Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic, separately.

Design:Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, Irene Vlachou
Publisher:TypeTogether
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic, Greek
Release:2019-01-28
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:type-together.com

Grafier Variable

  • Grafier Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Grafier Variable (with OpenType stylistic set 01 enabled)
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
400 900
1 100

A sharp serif typeface inspired by Baskerville, with unusual connecting serifs for some letters (as well as optional disconnected alternates).

Design:Alexander Slobzheninov
Publisher:Pangram Pangram Foundry
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-01-27
Licensing:Paid/commercial, Free for non-commercial use
Info/fonts:pangrampangram.com

Puf​​fling

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
0 1000

​An expressive sans inspired by the irregular characteristics of woodcuts and linocuts. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Design:Ro Hernández
Publisher:Ro Hernández
Characters:Latin (limited)
Release:2019-01-22
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Kicker Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
1 1000
1 1000
1 1000

​A decorative sans with inline and outline effects that work for layering, originally inspired by neon signs in Portland, Oregon. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Design:Scribble Tone
Publisher:Scribble Tone
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-01-21
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Orelo Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
30 130
0 13

A sans-serif tribute to Didot, with extra-thin hairlines.

Design:Adrien Midzic
Publisher:Pizza Typefaces
Characters:Latin
Release:2019-01-16
Licensing:Paid/commercial, Trial
Info/fonts:typefaces.pizza