This article is about the typeface included in Mac OS. For the graphics engine, see Skia Graphics Engine. For QuickDraw GX, for which Skia was the codename, see QuickDraw GX.
Skia includes "GX variations" technology that–if an application offers the UI–allows its weight to be adjusted smoothly between thin and bold, and its width between narrow and extended. (Adobe's "multiple master" technology was similar.) In 2016 it was announced that several technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Adobe, were adopting Apple's GX variations as the basis of the variations specification inside OpenType 1.8, and since that announcement Skia had been used to demonstrate the capabilities of the technology.
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