How to test variable font in development

otherviews · January 24, 2019, 5:19pm

Hi, how do you guys/gals test variable fonts at development stage? I am using FontView from Google but it is a tedious process to test… refine - export - open - test - repeat. Would love to have a hot reload on FontView when export from Glyphs. Is there something inside Glyphsapp for testing? Thanks!

mekkablue · January 24, 2019, 8:44pm

See the variable font tutorial. I listed a few ways of testing at the end.

(Not complete though, there are a few more test websites now. Will update the tutorial…)

redsymbol · January 25, 2019, 12:03am

There’s also Mark Frömberg’s plugin for testing variable fonts inside the Glyphs app.
http://markfromberg.com/projects/variable-font-preview/

otherviews · January 25, 2019, 1:00am

those are the same as using fontView but thanks

otherviews · January 25, 2019, 1:00am

looks cool, wish Glyphs have this as a feature

mekkablue · January 25, 2019, 2:08pm

Huh? How?

otherviews · January 25, 2019, 2:27pm

Isn’t the same process? export, test, export, test? Maybe if there is something I can run locally I can export directly to the folder and the browser reloads

Mark · January 25, 2019, 4:18pm

It has, once you install the plugin

mattymatt · January 25, 2019, 5:35pm

Axis_Praxis and Font Gauntlet are both good resources.

typeler · February 5, 2019, 2:26pm

I enjoy dropping my work-in-progress variable file on https://wakamaifondue.com