New Scripting Hooks for Variable Fonts

[Sébastien Périer]

Hi everyone,

We're happy to announce that starting in Beta build 24.0x25, we have added 7 new scripting hooks related to variable fonts.

You can see the full list here and their respective documentation:

• https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/introduction/changelog.html.
• Please remember that these scripting hooks are currently in Beta and are subject to change.

We've also created a demo script panel that exercises these new hooks to inspect installed variable font axes and apply animation controls to create dynamic variable font animations:

• https://github.com/AdobeDocs/after-effects/blob/main/samples/InspectVariableFonts_ApplyControls_Scri...

The script is also attached to this post, but you must rename the file's extension from .jsx.txt to .jsx to run it inside AE.

We're excited to see what you'll be able to do with these new variable fonts hooks and to hear any feedback you may have!

[scrozier]

I rebuilt the layer / keyframes and it works fine now. Something about the underlying data seemed to make the Render Queue mad.