Monospace axis (MONO)
Recursive has a variable axis that allows you to go between fixed-width and (gridded) natural-width character spacing. Previously, this was labeled as a "Proportion" axis, with the Mono style set as the default value. Now, this has been updated to be called the "Monospace" axis, with the Sans style set as the default value, mono 0, and Mono available with mono 1. This will hopefully be a more user-friendly concept for new users and is more likely to be a standard for future natural-to-fixed-width variable fonts, in the future.
Static fonts
Variable fonts are amazing on the web, but sometimes static fonts are useful, too.
- If you're using fewer than about 8 font styles of Recursive on a webpage, these static files will be less overall filesize than the full variable font. Note: this math changes from typeface to typeface, depending largely on the quantity and effect of variable axes in a given font.
- Currently, many design apps such as Sketch, Figma, and Adobe Illustrator have no support or limited/buggy support for variable fonts. In such cases, static fonts can be more useful.
These statics are still betas, and we will ship improved versions soon!
One more thing: Vietnamese!
- The static Mono fonts now include work-in-progress Vietnamese diacritics! This opens up coding with Recursive to anyone using Vietnamese. Rất tuyệt!
These will soon be adapted for the Sans styles and included in the full variable font.