Exploding emoji and other experiments in web typography

Roel Nieskens

Labs 2017

Friday, 7 April 2017 | 16:00 | Cupola

English

Exploding emoji and other experiments in web typography

Roel Nieskens

Labs 2017 | Friday, 7 April 2017 | 16:00 | Cupola | English

OpenType 1.8 brought us two new concepts: variable fonts and color fonts. How do they work in a browser — if at all? From chromatic type to variable emoji, Roel Nieskens will share the results of his experiments, and offer a peek into the future of web typography as seen through the eyes of a front-end developer.

Roel Nieskens

Front-end developer, font-hacker and color font guy

Roel Nieskens is a front-end developer, font-hacker and “color font guy” working at Kabisa in Weert, the Netherlands. He started building sites during the browser wars of the late 1990s, and got interested in typography when custom fonts became available to browsers in 2009. Since... Read More