Where can we download Variable Fonts for free, to test in 2020?
I'm trying to figure out how I can access any fonts included with CorelDRAW 2020. There's no way to do it as far as I can tell. Previous versions had the CorelConnect app. The CDR 2020 installation didn't include that. When I go into the Corel Font Manager or click on the "get more" thingie in CorelDRAW itself it only sends me to a page selling fonts.Adding to that, the preview performance of the variable fonts sliders is TERRIBLE. Good grief is it really unproductive! Contrast that with the performance in Illustrator CC 2020 and it's a night vs day difference. It looks like CorelDRAW 2020 did not include any variable fonts. So users apparently only get to play with the Bahnscrift font loaded in Windows 10. Adobe Illustrator has a few variable fonts built into it, but they are not installed directly into the Windows OS.
I have been playing with this and it makes no sense other than forcing you to purchase expensive fonts you already have.
Try this. Type anything then convert to curves. Now use the shape tool to do the same thing. ????????
It's not the same thing. Variable fonts can be a solution to overcome one of the worst and most common visual abominations in graphic design: artificially squeezed and stretched type. A variable font with a built in width axis will allow the type to be moved from condensed or extended proportions while keeping the balance of the vertical letter strokes intact. That balance goes all to $#!+ when someone merely squeezes or stretches a type object. I really really HATE type that is crudely squeezed or stretched. I've worked in the sign industry since the early 1990's and have observed a lot of trends in well-designed and badly-designed signage. One of the most common traits of ugly signs is artificially distorted type. The "designer" will often grab a default typeface, such as Arial, and then squeeze or stretch it to fit any given space. He does it despite having access to many other typefaces with true condensed, compressed or extended designs. It's just plain LAZY amateur behavior.Back in the 1990's Adobe, Apple and others were pushing variable font technology in standards like the Postscript Type 1 Multiple Master format. There were some very good Multiple Master fonts back in the day. The OpenType Variable format helps revive some of that, but with the benefit of much larger possible character sets.