[jofzar]

I can't believe I am learning of tabular options for fonts from this post... I have always just used a different monospace font for the numbers, didn't realize it was an option that some fonts supported.

{font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums}

[mbrezu]

Look for opentype features in https://practicaltypography.com/. There is more fun stuff, right next to tabular numbers.

And if you want more, there is also https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=8997844....

[robin_reala]

You’re not the only one to be fair. I had to point this out to GitHub just last November: https://github.com/primer/css/pull/2680

[jofzar]

Yeah it makes so much sense it's a feature I just feel like I have never seen it before.

[robin_reala]

The CSS hooks in to OpenType font functionality, and there’s a load of other features that can be built in. Wikipedia has a good overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_typographic_features

[Gare]

Not only that, some fonts have a vast number of tweaks available: https://rsms.me/inter/#features

[bbx]

Inter is a great suggestion to try out modern font features. The lab is really useful: https://rsms.me/inter/lab/

[gorgoiler]

After the Handgloves specimen, the next part of the page is black with tiny writing. My awful eyesight and mobile scrolling priors caused my brain to assume I had reached the bottom of the page and stop scrolling.

Thanks for pointing out, indirectly, that there’s a lot more content than I had assumed!

[amarshall]

Tabular numerics are great! Of course not all fonts implement them.

If only Apple could figure this out and use it for the iOS clock app.

[subscribed]

This is neat, thanks.

Reminds me of how fira code (my favourite font for code) can be adjusted to match the preferences.