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Fit Variable Font
Fit is one of the first typefaces available in the brand new OpenType variable font format. This format allows multiple font styles to coexist within a single file, which can greatly improve loading performance while providing easy access to Fit’s entire range of widths.
Although widespread support for variable fonts is still forthcoming, I am excited to play with this technology early in the game, and I hope that Fit will serve as a useful demonstration of its possibilities. I’ll keep developing the variable font as the technology progresses, and you can rest assured that the non-variable versions (10 fonts in the basic family and 1001 instance fonts) will do great work for you in the mean time.
This webpage
This webpage uses Fit to responsively fit the content to the width of the website. Drag your window and see for yourself! If your browser supports OpenType Variations, it all happens with the single variable font, saving you lots of kilobytes. If your browser does not support variations yet, the webpage chooses the best font from Fit’s 1001 instance fonts and loads them as needed. Chris Lewis wrote the fancy Javascript that makes this happen.
PDF Specimen
Here’s a Fit PDF specimen for you to save and enjoy. In addition to showings and character sets, it has a full listing of Fit’s OpenType features and supported languages not shown on this page. Print wisely; I am not responsible for replacing ink cartridges that are emptied by printing Fit!
Special Thanks
Many thanks to Chris Lewis, for helping Fit come to life on this webpage; Maria Doreuli, for consulting with me on Fit’s Cyrillic; Donny Truong, for consulting with me on the Vietnamese accents; Marina Chaccur, for helping me navigate the design of the diacritics; Grzegorz Rolek, for his ogonexcellent advice on Fit’s Polish accents; Oded Ezer, for drawing Fit’s Hebrew; Gor Jihanian, for drawing Fit’s Armenian; Jill Pichotta, for looking over every last detail; Alexandre Saumier Demers and Myles Maxfield, for their technical advice; Indra Kupferschmid and Nick Sherman, for encouraging me to take risks with this release; Rachel Elnar and Michael Doret, for inspiring me to draw something in this style in the first place; and finally, a big thank you to all the folks out there who are working to make variable fonts a reality!
The Fine Print
Fit works best when used a few words at a time at enormous sizes. It is not recommended for setting any copy that you actually want people to read. Please use Fit responsibly!
