fonts

2 posts.

Design
Drawing social images from a variable font
The redesign needed eleven new social images, from a 600px email header to 2560px channel art. They're drawn by one Python script from the site's own font, and the first run came out in the wrong weight entirely.
27 September 20261 min
Security & Privacy
Self-hosting a variable font under a strict CSP
PaceStreak's Content Security Policy allows nothing from other origins, so the new typeface had to ship with the app. Archivo's width axis turned out to be the whole reason to choose it.
27 September 20261 min

Drawing social images from a variable font