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        1. After interviewing *lots* of designers earlier this year, this is not an uncommon position. My feeling is this is a big switch in mental model. From one of multiple font files representing multiple weights to one file representing an entire – difficult to explain – design space. @mikedotsullivan/1328455329349296129
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        And, whilst this is very comfortable for type designers  – who have been working in a design space mental model their entire careers – this is a big jump for the rest of us. Demonstrating variable font's value by boingy animations is doing them a massive disservice.
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      My advice would be to use a really good variable font for a couple of months. Exclusively if you can. At first, you will probably default to the pre-defined weights (called instances), but after a while, you will start to explore and use the space in-between them.
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    And... to see the opportunities, just have a look at Amstelvar from @dberlow : v-fonts.com/fonts/amstelvar Plenty of other good examples on v-fonts.com too.
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