Short description of issue
Optical sizing improves readability without effort or knowledge but Shopify doesn’t seem to support it out of the box desipite having variable fonts available (newsreader)
Link to Shopify Store
Please tell me if i’ve made a happy mistake and Shopify supports optical sizing
Reproduction steps
The What
Optical sizing refers to the practice of type foundries creating slightly different versions of a typeface intended to be used at different sizes. Generally speaking, small (body or caption) optical sizes tend to have less stroke contrast, larger x-heights, wider characters, and more open spacing. Their large (or display) counterparts have refined features and tighter spacing—characteristics that would hinder their readability at small sizes.
The Why
- Improves readability “out of the box”.
- Allows you to reduce the number of font pairings from 3 or 2 to 1 - because you can find a font that works across all sizes remaining readable
- Teenagers are fine at 12px, 20-somethings good for 14px → with optical sizing the rest of us have a chance
The Ironic
Both Horizon themes Dwell and Atelier use Newsreader. And newsreader is a variable font with the optical-sizing axis available. It would be great if it was supported.
Additional info
- Optical Sizing Explained - Google Fonts article here
- The wonderful Newsreader: Newsreader - Pimp my Type
What type of topic is this
Feature request
. I don’t have a timeline on when/if this will be added. The