885: CSS Fonts Fallbacks, Variable and Trimming

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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