Scott and Wes dig into the wild world of CSS fonts—covering fallbacks, variable fonts, and new tricks like text-box-trim. They also break down font-display, font kits, and how to avoid layout shifts when loading custom type.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:06 Brought to you by Sentry.io. Damnit Sans.
02:53 @font-face.
03:27 Font Display.
07:40 Avoiding layout shift. Fallbacks.
10:45 Variable fonts. Fontaine.
font-kit
Wakamai Fondue.
Syntax Ep. 782.
Font Variation Settings.
16:23 Variable font sizing.
17:46 v-fonts.
19:10 text-box-trim & text-box-edge. text-box-trim examples.
21:28 Browser support.
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