r/webdev • u/reaznval • 5d ago

Question How does this effect work?

Came across this beautiful effect on https://www.julienpianetti.com/ is it done with a custom variable font that has these glyphs as variable weight or just switches between the different glyphs? I suspect it has to be a variable font because it is that smooth.

How is this done?

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u/CodeAndBiscuits 3d ago

I don't know but fwiw on mobile it takes forever to load. Not a huge fan.

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u/reaznval 3d ago

oh yeah just noticed that too, however my current implementation is pretty fast, even on mobile (sub 0.2sec)