# Full-scale expression with Grilli Type

DevFeed: [Full-scale expression with Grilli Type](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/full-scale-expression-with-grilli-type-10183.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/variable-fonts-a-conversation-with-grilli-type/>)

Author: Ted Brown

Published: 2022-05-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Variable Fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/variable-fonts.md>), [Font](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/font.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [User Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience.md>), [web design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-design.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fonts.md>), [legibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legibility.md>), [typography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typography.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>), [user-interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interface.md>), [variable-fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/variable-fonts.md>), [web-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-design.md>)

## AI overview

This article discusses Figma's support for variable fonts and the benefits of using adjustable font axes for optical size, weight, slant, and expressive web typography. It explains how variable fonts can reduce the need for multiple files and improve consistency, accessibility, and user experience across screen sizes.

## Source excerpt

Grilli Type's Theirry Blancpain on the promise and expressive ease of variable fonts.