Typeface online customization, like Universal Sans

I’m thinking about creating a constructor like https://universalsans.com/. Especially about the second part with selecting alternatives:
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How do you think, or maybe someone knows exactly, how this customization works on the backend side?

Is it just a preprepared list of fonts that cover all cross-pointed combinations? Or is there a command-line server tool that modifies font files — swaps alternate glyphs, turns on/off features, et cetera?

Not sure how this one works, but I’ll guess your best bet is to run FontTools on a python backend.

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There are specialized tools like pyftfeatfreeze.

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