Variable Spacing

Tools to add a spacing axis to variable fonts.

Background

• Spacing Axis Proposal (Frank Blokland)
  • discussion on GitHub
  • discussion on TypeDrawers
• HEX Franklin Tyght (Nick Sherman)
• Size-Specific Spacing of Fonts (Peter Biľak)

In this repository

• the Spacing States data format
• code to design and produce variable fonts containing a spacing axis
• RoboFont extension with user interface and interactive preview
• documentation of the Variable Spacing workflow
• demo fonts and their respective build scripts
• DrawBot scripts to visualize and compare spacing in a designspace

see the documentation for more info