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Scott and Wes dig into the wild world of CSS fonts—covering fallbacks, variable fonts, and new tricks like text-box-trim. They also break down font-display, font kits, and how to avoid layout shifts when loading custom type. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:06 Brought to you by Sentry.io . Damnit Sans . 02:53 @font-face. 03:27 Font Display . 07:40 Avoiding layout shift. Fallbacks . 10:45 Variable fonts. Fontaine . font-kit Wakamai Fondue . Syntax Ep. 782 . Font Variation Settings . 16:23 Variable font sizing. 17:46 v-fonts . 19:10 text-box-trim & text-box-edge. text-box-trim examples . 21:28 Browser support. Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads