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Use number variable to compute value of other number variable

  • February 2, 2026
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lizziemac

I know that you can set aliases for number variables, but it would be great if we could use number variables with other number variables to do a computation. For example, this would be great for playing around with type scales without needing a plugin. Below is an image of the use case (ignore the line height variable).  The current workaround is just doing the math manually, but the computation isn’t preserved (e.g. `s` doesn’t show `14 * 1.25`). Granted, I did end up fudging these numbers so that they would be rounded up to the nearest even number, but I still feel this is a fair request.

Bonus is if you add a rounding function to these math opportunities, but I understand that the software will just round to the nearest whole number anyways so it’s more for the developers.