Hello there, I’m trying to design a variable font. I actually finished the design of a variable font with Glyphs before, but there was only one variable (weight).
For this font I would like to have 5 variables:
- width of a and c (which I guess is Optical Size)
- width of b (which I’m calling Weight)
- position of c along the Y axis (which I’m calling Height)
- radius of d (which I’m gonna call Big radius)
- radius of e (which I’m gonna call Small radius)
So far I managed to get a variable font with Weight and Height by creating four masters:
A. Regular -high
B. Regular -low
C. Bold -high
D. Bold -low
A---------------B
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C---------------D
So: A-B and C-D interpolate Height, while A-C and B-D interpolate Weight. I know how to add new Axes in order to have more variables, but I don’t know how many (and which ones) master I have to design. For example, my next step would be to make Glyphs interpolate the Optical Size. Do I have to add a value (for example: 1) for Optical Size in the masters that I already have and then create the following masters (in bold)?
A. Regular -high
A.1 Regular -high --with 10 as optical size
B. Regular -low
B.1 Regular -low --with 10 as optical size
C. Bold -high
C.1 Bold -high --with 10 as optical size
D. Bold -low
D.1 Bold -low --with 10 as optical size
Here’s the Glyphs file. (3.0 KB)
I saw and read this post, but actually that didn’t help me.
Hope I explained clearly what my problem is.