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orib7317974
orib7317974
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June 5, 2018
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Variable fonts > spacing won't adapt

  • June 5, 2018
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As I change the weight/width/etc of variable fonts, character spacing won't adapt.

Am I doing something wrong?

Please help.

Technical details:

Illustrator 22.1

App language: English with RTL (Hebrew) support

Both Mac and Win versions (High Sierra, Win 10)

I've tried different variable fonts as well as Skia

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Don’t know if it helps but this blog shows the same font and app foing exactly what yours is not. What You Can Do with Variable Fonts in Illustrator CC | Adobe Blog

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Anna Lander
Anna Lander
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June 6, 2018

share please some screenshots to see what the problem is. Make sure to show the Character panel on screen

There mihgt be some different causes:

- the installed fonts don't have Bold / Heavy / etc. styles

- your Character panel don't set Faux Bold style

- something else.

Without seeing the image it's hard to say something.

    orib7317974
    orib7317974Author
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    June 6, 2018

    Hi Anna,

    Thank you so much for replying, I appreciate your help!

    I'm talking specifically about Variable Fonts.

    Here's an example:

    These are all identical copies of the same text box: same font (Acumin Variable Concept), same size, same tracking, etc.

    The only difference is that I picked different values for the variable parameters offered by this font: weight, width and slant (you can access and control them through the button I've circled).

    As you can see, the spacing wouldn't adapt. (I'm sure it's supposed to, I know a little about variable fonts. And no doubt Adobe wouldn't release a font with spacing as horrible as seen here. It must be a problem with the way Illustrator renders variable fonts, or something I should have configured but didn't, or some other technical problem of that sort.)

    Does this help you understand my problem?

    Best,

    Ori

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    Don’t know if it helps but this blog shows the same font and app foing exactly what yours is not. What You Can Do with Variable Fonts in Illustrator CC | Adobe Blog

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