# Support for variable fonts

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/support-for-variable-fonts/10344>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** design\
**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/support-for-variable-fonts/10344 "2026-02-17T18:21:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![LauraKalbag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/laurakalbag/32/5014_2.png) [@LauraKalbag](https://community.penpot.app/u/LauraKalbag)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/support-for-variable-fonts/10344/3 "2026-06-04T11:26:00Z")

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Check out @myfunnyandy’s latest post on the Penpot (not a) Roadmap 😄

> [@Not a roadmap, but… what's coming in Penpot (June 2026)](https://community.penpot.app/t/not-a-roadmap-but-whats-coming-in-penpot-june-2026/10628/1):
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> ## Track 1: Design Experience and Reliability
> 
> **Goal:** Make Penpot feel faster, more stable, and more trustworthy for daily work, especially on complex files.
> 
> ### Planned
> 
> - **New render engine (WASM/WebGL renderer)** → In progress  
> …
> 
> - **Stability and reliability improvements** → In progress  
> …
> 
> - **Design deal-breakers** → In progress  
> …
> 
> - **Component overrides and refactor**  
> …
> 
> ### Candidates
> 
> - **Variable fonts**  
> Add support for variable font axes and controls.  
> Taiga: [Taiga #3686](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/us/3686)

> [@Not a roadmap, but… what's coming in Penpot (June 2026)](https://community.penpot.app/t/not-a-roadmap-but-whats-coming-in-penpot-june-2026/10628):
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> What’s next for Penpot? If you read our [2025 “not a roadmap”](https://community.penpot.app/t/not-a-roadmap-recent-current-and-2025-initiatives/7375), you already know the deal: this is not a promise list. It is an open window into what we are working on now, what is coming up, and why. A lot has happened since that post. We shipped native design tokens and variants. We worked through a long list of design deal-breakers (the small and medium fixes that make daily work less painful). Tokens sync with external tools is still in progress.…

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