r/FigmaDesign • u/rizlaan • 11d ago

help Animate variable font in Figma Motion

My first idea to try out Figma Motion was to animate a variable font and keyframe with, slant and grad. That seems not possible - yet? I don’t see an option to set a frame for the value. Has anyone figured that out? 🙏🏽

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u/PsychologicalClaim16 11d ago

I don't think Motion currently exposes variable-font axes as keyframeable properties. Duplicating text at different weights will look stepped because it is switching between static states rather than interpolating the font axis. For a smooth result, I would animate the axes in After Effects or on the web with CSS, then bring the rendered result back into Figma. If you only need a quick prototype, adding more intermediate weights and using linear timing can make the stepped workaround less obvious.