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inside me is two woffs that I desperately wish was one variable woff

@zachleat I looked into this for the day job, but there’s no value unless you specifically want to use the variability.

@robinwhittleton yeah, it depends on the font and the use case but usually saves KB when you compare two font files of the same typeface versus one variable! also solves the independent repaint/reflow problem: zachleat.com/web/fout-vs-foit/

Zach LeathermanFOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison—zachleat.comA post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)

@zachleat maybe we’ve heavily optimised our files already, but I was seeing more KB with a variable font. Partially this was down to an unknown-to-me semibold in Noto Sans variable. But even after stripping that out, the axes added enough that it wasn’t worth it.

Where we did see a big benefit from variable fonts was (ironically) not in the font itself, but in halving the size of the CJK font chunk CSS.

Zach Leatherman :11ty:

@robinwhittleton I’d be curious to read more about your experience!