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Fix Geist variable font: drop phantom ital axis from STAT - #242
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The upright Geist[wght].ttf declared an `ital` design axis (with a Roman axis value) in its STAT table, but fvar only contains `wght`. This STAT/fvar mismatch causes some consumers (notably Figma) to reject the variable font and hide the weight axis entirely. Remove the ital block from the upright's STAT config and patch the committed variable artifacts (ttf + woff2, plus the npm package copies) so STAT lists only `wght`, matching fvar. All nine weight instances and the Regular->Bold linked value are preserved; the Italic sibling still ships as a separate file.
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July 15, 2026 09:09
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Closing — a controlled test disproved the premise of this PR. I built three variants from the current shipping
The control is identical to the shipping font except for the family name, and it already exposes the weight axis. The only differentiator is the name, so the original failure was a Figma family-name collision: the workspace already had a "Geist" family (static/installed), and Figma merged the variable upload into it, hiding the axis. Removing the |
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The upright
Geist[wght].ttfSTAT table declares anitaldesign axis that doesn't exist infvar, which makes Figma reject the variable font and hide the weight axis. This removes theitalblock from theGeist[wght].ttfentry insources/config-Geist.yaml(root cause) and patches the committed variable artifacts (ttf + woff2, plus the npm copies) so STAT lists onlywght. All nine weights and the Regular→Bold linked value are preserved, glyph outlines are untouched, and the Italic sibling still ships as a separate file.fvaraxesSTATdesign axeswghtwght,ital← phantomwghtwght