Graphical Chris Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I am trying to access the Variable font support editing feature which was a new feature added to v2.5 in May 2024. Instructions are: On desktop, click the Font Variations button on the context toolbar (or on the Character Panel) The trouble is the Variations button is greyed out and there is no variations selection under the Charater panel. I have tried selecting Art text and Paragraph text and also highlighted the character glyphs themselves, but this button remains subbornly greyed out. Can someone please clarify how I can access this feature? Is it dependant on the font itself or should you be able to perform this feature on any font? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Yes, the font has to be a variable font. There are many variable fonts available for free from Google Fonts. And your OS probably includes a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphical Chris Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 Anyway to tell what font is a variable font? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 The icon in the font chooser will tell you. In my example image, “Atkinson Hyperlegible” is a static OTF font while “Bahnschrift” is a variable OTF font. Also, whatever font manager/viewer you have (either one that came with your OS, or that you installed) should be able to tell you. kenmcd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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