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David Jonathan Ross

Thanks to some heroic web development by @nickisnoble, my new color variable font Lab DJR now has a dedicated demo page where you can play with its color palette and variable axes 🎨 demo.djr.com/lab/

ivan zhao
Replying to @djrrb

this is so sick!!! how do you permute on colors

Nick Noble
Replying to @zhaovan @djrrb

The randomize function is actually just random hex codes, updating the CPAL table in the displayed font. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typograp…

CPAL - Color Palette Table (OpenType 1.9) - Typography
CPAL - Color Palette Table (OpenType 1.9)
Nick Noble
Replying to @zhaovan @djrrb

We considered using something like poline (meodai.github.io/poline/) to provide more cohesive palettes - may still do it in the future!

Poline — Esoteric Color Palette Generation Library
poline is lightweight, dependency free and fast JavaScript function written in TypeScript. It draws lines between anchors over polar coordinates to generate pleasing color palettes.