VarFont Assistant

A tool to view and edit font values in multiple designspace sources.

designspace

Define which designspaces and font sources to look into.

designspaces: Drag one or more designspace files into the list.
axes: A list of axes in the selected designspace.
Drag the items to change the font sorting order.
sources: A list of all sources in the selected designspace.
Select which sources to collect values from.

font values

Visualize and edit font values in selected sources.

attributes: A list of font attributes to collect values from.
load: Click the button to collect values from the fonts and display them in the UI.
values: Values and visualization of the selected font attribute across all selected sources.
Double-click individual values to edit.
save: Click the button to save the edited values back into the fonts.

measurements

Collect custom measurements from the selected sources.

measurement files: Drag one or more .csv files with measurement definitions from Finder into the list.
measurements: A list of measurement definitions contained in the selected file.
Select one measurement to display its values.
values: Values and visualization of the selected measurement across all selected sources.
load: Click the button to collect values from the fonts and display them in the UI.

glyph values

Visualize and edit glyph-level values.

glyphs: A list of all glyphs in all selected sources.
attributes: A list of glyph attributes to collect values from.
load: Click the button to collect values from the fonts and display them in the UI.
values: Values and visualization of the selected glyph attribute across all selected sources.
Double-click individual values to edit.
save: Click the button to save the edited values back into the fonts.

kerning

Visualize and edit kerning values in selected sources.

pairs: A list of all kerning pairs in all selected sources.
load: Click the button to collect values from the fonts and display them in the UI.
values: Values and visualization of the selected kerning pair across all selected sources.
Double-click individual values to edit.
save: Click the button to save the edited values back into the fonts.