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The most common technical problem encountered when using variable fonts is with glyph outline contours that overlap.
## Variable fonts are not supported at all

Variable font was introduced to the web in 2016, but some applications still do not offer any support for them.

To help with this situation, Google Fonts offers download ZIPs for each variable font family that include a set of commonly used static fonts.
But it is common that you will want to use a specific style that was not included.

There are several tools available to convert such an 'instance' into a static font, that will work everywhere:

* [Dinamo Font Gauntlet](https://fontgauntlet.com)
* [Slice](https://slice-gui.netlify.app)

## Glyph outline overlaps causing holes

When variable fonts are supported, the most common technical problem encountered is with glyph outline contours that overlap.
When it occurs, the problem looks something like this:

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