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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-100681

FreeType font backend fails to load variable font variations

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    • 6.2.3, 6.4.0
    • GUI: Font handling
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    • macOS 12.2

    • macOS

      The macOS FreeType backend fails to load font face variations of variable fonts (e.g. Regular, Light, Medium, etc.).

      Example font: the variable version of the font "Inter" (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter). It always renders as "Regular".

      Reproduction (run with argument -platform cocoa:fontengine=freetype):

      #include <QGuiApplication>
#include <QFont>
#include <QFontInfo>
#include <QDebug>


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);

    QFont font("Inter");
    font.setStyleName("Light");
    font.setPixelSize(12);

    QFontInfo info(font);
    qDebug() << info.family() << info.styleName();
}

      Actual output:

      "Inter" "Regular"

      Expected output:

      "Inter" "Light"

        1. patch-to-apply-on-top-of-gerrit-change-395131.txt
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          Niklas Wenzel
        For Gerrit Dashboard: QTBUG-100681
        # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
        395131,1 WIP: Attempt to fix variation fonts on macOS backend dev qt/qtbase Status: NEW -2 0

            esabraha Eskil Abrahamsen Blomfeldt
            nikwen Niklas Wenzel
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