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. <a id= "Show_Notes_2"></a>Show Notes <ul> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="4" data-line-end="5"> <a href="#t=00:00">00:00</a> Welcome to Syntax!</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="5" data-line-end="7"> <a href="#t=01:06">01:06</a> Brought to you by <a href="https://sentry.io/syntax">Sentry.io</a>. <ul> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="6" data-line-end="7"> <a href="https://sentry.design/blog/dammit-sans">Damnit Sans</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="7" data-line-end="8"> <a href="#t=02:53">02:53</a> @font-face.</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="8" data-line-end="9"> <a href="#t=03:27">03:27</a> <a href= "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/font-display"> Font Display</a>.</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="9" data-line-end="11"> <a href="#t=07:40">07:40</a> Avoiding layout shift. <ul> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="10" data-line-end="11"> <a href= "https://developer.chrome.com/blog/font-fallbacks">Fallbacks</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="11" data-line-end="17"> <a href="#t=10:45">10:45</a> Variable fonts. <ul> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="12" data-line-end="13"> <a href="https://github.com/unjs/fontaine">Fontaine</a>.</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="13" data-line-end="14"> <a href="https://github.com/servo/font-kit">font-kit</a></li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="14" data-line-end="15"> <a href="https://wakamaifondue.com/">Wakamai Fondue</a>.</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="15" data-line-end="16"> <a href="https://syntax.fm/782">Syntax Ep. 782</a>.</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="16" data-line-end="17"> <a href= "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-variation-settings"> Font Variation Settings</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="17" data-line-end="18"> <a href="#t=16:23">16:23</a> Variable font sizing.</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="18" data-line-end="19"> <a href="#t=17:46">17:46</a> <a href= "https://v-fonts.com/">v-fonts</a>.</li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="19" data-line-end="21"> <a href="#t=19:10">19:10</a> text-box-trim & text-box-edge. <ul> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="20" data-line-end="21"> <a href= "https://github.com/jantimon/text-box-trim-examples">text-box-trim examples</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li class="has-line-data" data-line-start="21" data-line-end="23"> <a href="#t=21:28">21:28</a> Browser support.</li> </ul> <a id="Hit_us_up_on_Socials_23"></a>Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: <a href="https://twitter.com/syntaxfm">X</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/syntax_fm/">Instagram</a> <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@syntaxfm">Tiktok</a> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/96077407/admin/feed/posts/">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.threads.net/@syntax_fm">Threads</a> Wes: <a href="https://twitter.com/wesbos">X</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/wesbos/">Instagram</a> <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@wesbos">Tiktok</a> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesbos/">LinkedIn</a> <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@wesbos">Threads</a> Scott: <a href="https://twitter.com/stolinski">X</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/stolinski/">Instagram</a> <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@stolinski">Tiktok</a> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/stolinski/">LinkedIn</a> <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@stolinski">Threads</a> Randy: <a href="https://twitter.com/randyrektor">X</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/randyrektor/">Instagram</a> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@randyrektor">YouTube</a> <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@randyrektor">Threads</a>

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