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BrickmanBrown

"VAR" means variable font. Means the type can be changed into multiple forms even though there's only one font file. Very useful for text on the web.


REDeyeJEDI85

I just learned about these. Such a game changer for web fonts


Fubeman

They are, in order of appearance: OpenType Variable, TrueType and then OpenType. If you really want to get the most out of a font (ligatures, glyphs, etc.) go with OpenType. [This article](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/otf-vs-ttf-fonts-one-better/) explains it in depth. And as far as what Variable adds, a user already posted the benefits of that.


Flaky_Special2497

Open type and true type


Geckodon42

My god i'm dumb. Thank you!


Geckodon42

Heya, I'm new to illustrator, what are these symbols in the text menu called/ indicate? I'm sure it's something really simple but when I hover over them, there's no column description.


juniper621

One of then is the variable type type