SKIA Font Bold/Black

THE QUICK ANSWER:

Skia does have a wide range of weights and widths; they’re already part of the font installed on all Apple Macintosh machines.

THE MORE DETAILED ANSWER:

Apple introduced a technology in 1994 called QuickDraw GX as part of a new graphics support system for Macintosh computers. QuickDraw GX itself wasn’t successful, but its TrueType GX font format has managed to survive.

Skia was one of the original TrueType GX fonts. These fonts allowed users to adjust properties like weight and width, simply by adjusting sliders. This allowed you to get the exact rendering of the font you wanted, rather than having to settle for limited options like ‘regular’ or ‘bold’.

TrueType GX’s variable font technology made its way into the OpenType 1.8 standard in 2016. These fonts are typically called OpenType Variable fonts, and you’ll find them listed at the top of the font menu in applications like Illustrator. Choose a Variable font, and the Character panel will give you access to slider controls that you can use to adjust the font. These sliders will appear if you click the small icon just to the right of the Font menu that normally lists ‘Regular’, ‘Italic’, ‘Bold’, ‘Bold Italic’, et cetera.

Because the variable version of Skia was originally commissioned by Apple, they hold the licensing rights to the design. That means if you’re using a Macintosh computer, Skia will be installed in the operating system by default. If you use Microsoft Windows, you’re out of luck. There is a limited release of Skia available on a variety of font resellers, but it only includes the regular weight:

https://www.fonts.com/font/carter-cone-type-inc/skia-cc

If you’re working on a Macintosh, you should be able to set the weight and width of any text typeset in Skia, just as long as the Adobe application you’re using supports OpenType Variable fonts. At the moment, that generally means Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

I hope that answers your question. If not, please let me know.

Best regards
Andrew

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