AVAR2 Variable Font Not Working

Question

Hello!Variable fonts that contain an `AVAR` version 2 table will not respect the table’s values. Version 1 AVAR works fine afaik.	Currently Figma completely ignores the table’s data and renders the variable font location based solely on the slider locations, whereas the current table spec allows for a location to map to multiple axes.	e.g. input weight:400, width:100 => output weight:365, width:95	Currently AVAR2 is supported in most browsers and harfbuzz-based applications. Afaik, Figma is using Harfbuzz so I am wondering if its version is just behind?	 	Issue is happening in browser and desktop application	 		Figma Desktop App version 126.9.13MacOS 26.5.1 (Darwin 25.5.0)	Processor arm (arm64)	Thanks!!

Jaycee Lewis · Answer

Hey hey ​@programme👋 Thanks for the write up. Very helpful.I have a quick question:Could you share the affected font file, or a publicly available AVAR2 font that shows the same issue? If the font is proprietary, we can look at sharing privately with support.A minimal test font would also work. It doesn’t need to be the full commercial font.Talk soon! — Jaycee

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