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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