Notes from Noman Ahmed, who built the subsetter

Fonts,
measured

We estimate nothing. The subsetter produces every number in these articles from a real font. You can copy and run every command.

  1. Font subsetting, measured

    Every number here comes from the subsetter and real fonts. Learn what you save, where the savings come from, and which flag makes your file two times too large.

    9 min read

  2. Variable fonts vs. subsetting: do you need both?

    A variable font is not a small font. This article compares a real variable font against static weights from the same file to find the point where each option wins.

    7 min read