Get variable font selection working on coretext

kitty/core_text.m

@@ -111,6 +111,45 @@ dealloc(CTFace* self) {
     Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
 }
 
+static const char*
+tag_to_string(uint32_t tag, uint8_t bytes[5]) {
+    bytes[0] = (tag >> 24) & 0xff;
+    bytes[1] = (tag >> 16) & 0xff;
+    bytes[2] = (tag >> 8) & 0xff;
+    bytes[3] = (tag) & 0xff;
+    bytes[4] = 0;
+    return (const char*)bytes;
+}
+
+static uint32_t
+string_to_tag(const uint8_t *bytes) {
+    return (((uint32_t)bytes[0]) << 24) | (((uint32_t)bytes[1]) << 16) | (((uint32_t)bytes[2]) << 8) | bytes[3];
+}
+
+
+static void
+add_variation_pair(const void *key_, const void *value_, void *ctx) {
+    PyObject *ans = ctx;
+    CFNumberRef key = key_, value = value_;
+    uint32_t tag; double val;
+    if (!CFNumberGetValue(key, kCFNumberSInt32Type, &tag)) return;
+    if (!CFNumberGetValue(value, kCFNumberDoubleType, &val)) return;
+    uint8_t tag_string[5];
+    tag_to_string(tag, tag_string);
+    RAII_PyObject(pyval, PyFloat_FromDouble(val));
+    if (pyval) PyDict_SetItemString(ans, (const char*)tag_string, pyval);
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+variation_to_python(CFDictionaryRef v) {
+    if (!v) { Py_RETURN_NONE; }
+    RAII_PyObject(ans, PyDict_New());
+    if (!ans) return NULL;
+    CFDictionaryApplyFunction(v, add_variation_pair, ans);
+    if (PyErr_Occurred()) return NULL;
+    Py_INCREF(ans); return ans;
+}
+
 static PyObject*
 font_descriptor_to_python(CTFontDescriptorRef descriptor) {
     RAII_PyObject(path, get_path_for_font_descriptor(descriptor));
@@ -127,9 +166,12 @@ font_descriptor_to_python(CTFontDescriptorRef descriptor) {
     get_number(traits, kCTFontWeightTrait, weight, kCFNumberFloatType);
     get_number(traits, kCTFontWidthTrait, width, kCFNumberFloatType);
     get_number(traits, kCTFontSlantTrait, slant, kCFNumberFloatType);
-    RAII_CoreFoundation(CFDictionaryRef, variation, CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute(descriptor, kCTFontVariationAttribute));
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CFDictionaryRef, cf_variation, CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute(descriptor, kCTFontVariationAttribute));
+    RAII_PyObject(variation, variation_to_python(cf_variation));
+    if (!variation) return NULL;
 #undef get_number
 
+
     PyObject *ans = Py_BuildValue("{ss sOsOsOsOsO sOsOsOsOsOsOsO sfsfsfsk}",
             "descriptor_type", "core_text",
 
@@ -141,7 +183,7 @@ font_descriptor_to_python(CTFontDescriptorRef descriptor) {
             "expanded", (symbolic_traits & kCTFontExpandedTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
             "condensed", (symbolic_traits & kCTFontCondensedTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
             "color_glyphs", (symbolic_traits & kCTFontColorGlyphsTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
-            "variable", variation ? Py_True : Py_False,
+            "variation", variation,
 
             "weight", weight, "width", width, "slant", slant, "traits", symbolic_traits
     );
@@ -151,7 +193,7 @@ font_descriptor_to_python(CTFontDescriptorRef descriptor) {
 static CTFontDescriptorRef
 font_descriptor_from_python(PyObject *src) {
     CTFontSymbolicTraits symbolic_traits = 0;
-    NSMutableDictionary *attrs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CFMutableDictionaryRef, ans, CFDictionaryCreateMutable(NULL, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks));
     PyObject *t = PyDict_GetItemString(src, "traits");
     if (t == NULL) {
         symbolic_traits = (
@@ -161,19 +203,33 @@ font_descriptor_from_python(PyObject *src) {
     } else {
         symbolic_traits = PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(t);
     }
-    NSDictionary *traits = @{(id)kCTFontSymbolicTrait:[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInt:symbolic_traits]};
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CFNumberRef, cf_symbolic_traits, CFNumberCreate(NULL, kCFNumberSInt32Type, &symbolic_traits));
-    attrs[(id)kCTFontTraitsAttribute] = traits;
+    CFTypeRef keys[] = { kCTFontSymbolicTrait };
+    CFTypeRef values[] = { cf_symbolic_traits };
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CFDictionaryRef, traits, CFDictionaryCreate(NULL, keys, values, 1, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks));
+    CFDictionaryAddValue(ans, kCTFontTraitsAttribute, traits);
 
-#define SET(x, attr) \
+#define SET(x, attr) if ((t = PyDict_GetItemString(src, #x))) { \
-    t = PyDict_GetItemString(src, #x); \
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CFStringRef, cs, CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, PyUnicode_AsUTF8(t), kCFStringEncodingUTF8)); \
-    if (t) attrs[(id)attr] = @(PyUnicode_AsUTF8(t));
+    CFDictionaryAddValue(ans, attr, cs); }
 
     SET(family, kCTFontFamilyNameAttribute);
     SET(style, kCTFontStyleNameAttribute);
     SET(postscript_name, kCTFontNameAttribute);
 #undef SET
-
+    if ((t = PyDict_GetItemString(src, "axis_map"))) {
-    return CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes((CFDictionaryRef) attrs);
+        RAII_CoreFoundation(CFMutableDictionaryRef, axis_map, CFDictionaryCreateMutable(NULL, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks));
+        PyObject *key, *value; Py_ssize_t pos = 0;
+        while (PyDict_Next(t, &pos, &key, &value)) {
+            double val = PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(value);
+            uint32_t tag = string_to_tag((const uint8_t*)PyUnicode_AsUTF8(key));
+            RAII_CoreFoundation(CFNumberRef, cf_tag, CFNumberCreate(NULL, kCFNumberSInt32Type, &tag));
+            RAII_CoreFoundation(CFNumberRef, cf_val, CFNumberCreate(NULL, kCFNumberDoubleType, &val));
+            CFDictionaryAddValue(axis_map, cf_tag, cf_val);
+        }
+        CFDictionaryAddValue(ans, kCTFontVariationAttribute, axis_map);
+    }
+    return CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes(ans);
 }
 
 static CTFontCollectionRef all_fonts_collection_data = NULL;

kitty/fast_data_types.pyi

@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class FontConfigPattern(TypedDict):
 
     # The following two are used by C code to get a face from the pattern
     named_style: NotRequired[int]
-    axes: NotRequired[List[float]]
+    axes: NotRequired[Tuple[float, ...]]
 
 
 def fc_list(spacing: int = -1, allow_bitmapped_fonts: bool = False, only_variable: bool = False) -> Tuple[FontConfigPattern, ...]:
@@ -444,15 +444,14 @@ class CoreTextFont(TypedDict):
     condensed: bool
     color_glyphs: bool
     monospace: bool
-    variable: bool
+    variation: Optional[Dict[str, float]]
     weight: float
     width: float
     slant: float
     traits: int
 
-    # The following two are used by C code to get a face from the pattern
+    # The following is used by C code to get a face from the pattern
-    named_style: NotRequired[int]
+    axis_map: NotRequired[Dict[str, float]]
-    axes: NotRequired[List[float]]
 
 
 class CTFace:

kitty/fonts/__init__.py

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class FontSpec(NamedTuple):
     full_name: str = ''
     system: str = ''
     axes: Tuple[Tuple[str, float], ...] = ()
+    variable_name: str = ''
 
     @property
     def is_system(self) -> bool:

kitty/fonts/common.py

@@ -23,14 +23,35 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     def find_last_resort_text_font(bold: bool = False, italic: bool = False, monospaced: bool = True) -> Descriptor: ...
     def face_from_descriptor(descriptor: Descriptor) -> Face: ...
     def is_monospace(descriptor: Descriptor) -> bool: ...
+    def is_variable(descriptor: Descriptor) -> bool: ...
+    def set_named_style(name: str, font: Descriptor, vd: VariableData) -> bool: ...
+    def set_axis_values(tag_map: Dict[str, float], font: Descriptor, vd: VariableData) -> bool: ...
 else:
     FontCollectionMapType = FontMap = None
     if is_macos:
         from kitty.fast_data_types import CTFace as Face
-        from kitty.fonts.core_text import all_fonts_map, create_scorer, find_best_match, find_last_resort_text_font, is_monospace
+        from kitty.fonts.core_text import (
+            all_fonts_map,
+            create_scorer,
+            find_best_match,
+            find_last_resort_text_font,
+            is_monospace,
+            is_variable,
+            set_axis_values,
+            set_named_style,
+        )
     else:
         from kitty.fast_data_types import Face
-        from kitty.fonts.fontconfig import all_fonts_map, create_scorer, find_best_match, find_last_resort_text_font, is_monospace
+        from kitty.fonts.fontconfig import (
+            all_fonts_map,
+            create_scorer,
+            find_best_match,
+            find_last_resort_text_font,
+            is_monospace,
+            is_variable,
+            set_axis_values,
+            set_named_style,
+        )
     def face_from_descriptor(descriptor: Descriptor) -> Face: return Face(descriptor=descriptor)
 
 
@@ -70,9 +91,9 @@ def find_medium_variant(font: Descriptor) -> Descriptor:
     vd = get_variable_data_for_descriptor(font)
     for i, ns in enumerate(vd['named_styles']):
         if ns['name'] == 'Regular':
-            font['named_style'] = i
+            set_named_style(ns['psname'], font, vd)
             return font
-    font['axes'] = axes = [ax['default'] for ax in vd['axes']]
+    axis_values = {}
     for i, ax in enumerate(vd['axes']):
         tag = ax['tag']
         for dax in vd['design_axes']:
@@ -80,8 +101,10 @@ def find_medium_variant(font: Descriptor) -> Descriptor:
                 for x in dax['values']:
                     if x['format'] in (1, 2):
                         if x['name'] == 'Regular':
-                            axes[i] = x['value']
+                            axis_values[tag] = x['value']
                             break
+    if axis_values:
+        set_axis_values(axis_values, font, vd)
     return font
 
 
@@ -100,28 +123,51 @@ def get_design_value_for(dax: DesignAxis, default: float, bold: bool, italic: bo
 
 
 def find_bold_italic_variant(medium: Descriptor, bold: bool, italic: bool) -> Descriptor:
-    key = family_name_to_key(medium['family'])
-    monospaced = is_monospace(medium)
     # we first pick the best font file for bold/italic if there are more than
     # one. For example SourceCodeVF has Italic and Upright faces with variable
     # weights in each, so we rely on the OS font matcher to give us the best
     # font file.
-    fonts = all_fonts_map(monospaced)['variable_map'][key]
+    monospaced = is_monospace(medium)
+    fonts = all_fonts_map(monospaced)['variable_map'][family_name_to_key(medium['family'])]
     scorer = create_scorer(bold, italic, monospaced)
     fonts.sort(key=scorer)
+    vd = get_variable_data_for_descriptor(fonts[0])
     ans = fonts[0].copy()
     # now we need to specialise all axes in ans
-    vd = get_variable_data_for_descriptor(ans)
+    axis_values = {}
-    ans['axes'] = axes = [ax['default'] for ax in vd['axes']]
     for i, ax in enumerate(vd['axes']):
         tag = ax['tag']
         for dax in vd['design_axes']:
             if dax['tag'] == tag:
-                axes[i] = get_design_value_for(dax, axes[i], bold, italic)
+                axis_values[tag] = get_design_value_for(dax, ax['default'], bold, italic)
                 break
+    if axis_values:
+        set_axis_values(axis_values, ans, vd)
     return ans
 
 
+def find_best_variable_face(spec: FontSpec, bold: bool, italic: bool, monospaced: bool, candidates: List[Descriptor]) -> Descriptor:
+    if spec.variable_name:
+        q = spec.variable_name.lower()
+        for font in candidates:
+            vd = get_variable_data_for_descriptor(font)
+            if vd['variations_postscript_name_prefix'].lower() == q:
+                return font
+    if spec.style:
+        q = spec.style.lower()
+        for font in candidates:
+            vd = get_variable_data_for_descriptor(font)
+            for x in vd['named_styles']:
+                if x['psname'].lower() == q:
+                    return font
+            for x in vd['named_styles']:
+                if x['name'].lower() == q:
+                    return font
+    scorer = create_scorer(bold, italic, monospaced)
+    candidates.sort(key=scorer)
+    return candidates[0]
+
+
 def get_fine_grained_font(
     spec: FontSpec, bold: bool = False, italic: bool = False, medium_font_spec: FontSpec = FontSpec(),
     resolved_medium_font: Optional[Descriptor] = None, monospaced: bool = True
@@ -142,8 +188,7 @@ def get_fine_grained_font(
         # First look for a variable font
         candidates = font_map['variable_map'].get(key, [])
         if candidates:
-            candidates.sort(key=scorer)
+            q = candidates[0] if len(candidates) == 1 else find_best_variable_face(spec, bold, italic, monospaced, candidates)
-            q = candidates[0]
             q, applied = apply_variation_to_pattern(q, spec)
             if applied:
                 return q
@@ -162,42 +207,26 @@ def get_fine_grained_font(
 
 
 def apply_variation_to_pattern(pat: Descriptor, spec: FontSpec) -> Tuple[Descriptor, bool]:
-    if not pat['variable']:
-        return pat, False
-
     vd = face_from_descriptor(pat).get_variable_data()
+    pat = pat.copy()
     if spec.style:
-        q = spec.style.lower()
+        if set_named_style(spec.style, pat, vd):
-        for i, ns in enumerate(vd['named_styles']):
+            return pat, True
-            if ns['psname'].lower() == q:
-                pat = pat.copy()
-                pat['named_style'] = i
-                return pat, True
-        else:
-            for i, ns in enumerate(vd['named_styles']):
-                if ns['name'].lower() == q:
-                    pat = pat.copy()
-                    pat['named_style'] = i
-                    return pat, True
     tag_map, name_map = {}, {}
-    axes = [ax['default'] for ax in vd['axes']]
     for i, ax in enumerate(vd['axes']):
         tag_map[ax['tag']] = i
         if ax['strid']:
-            name_map[ax['strid'].lower()] = i
+            name_map[ax['strid'].lower()] = ax['tag']
-    changed = False
+    axis_values = {}
     for axspec in spec.axes:
         qname = axspec[0]
-        axis = tag_map.get(qname)
+        if qname in tag_map:
-        if axis is None:
+            axis_values[qname] = axspec[1]
-            axis = name_map.get(qname.lower())
+            continue
-        if axis is not None:
+        tag = name_map.get(qname.lower())
-            axes[axis] = axspec[1]
+        if tag:
-            changed = True
+            axis_values[tag] = axspec[1]
-    if changed:
+    return pat, set_axis_values(axis_values, pat, vd)
-        pat = pat.copy()
-        pat['axes'] = axes
-    return pat, changed
 
 
 def get_font_from_spec(
@@ -211,7 +240,7 @@ def get_font_from_spec(
         if bold or italic:
             assert resolved_medium_font is not None
             family = resolved_medium_font['family']
-            if resolved_medium_font['variable']:
+            if is_variable(resolved_medium_font):
                 v = find_bold_italic_variant(resolved_medium_font, bold, italic)
                 if v is not None:
                     return v

kitty/fonts/core_text.py

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2017, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
+import itertools
+import operator
 import re
+from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Dict, Generator, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
 
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ from kitty.options.types import Options
 from kitty.typing import CoreTextFont
 from kitty.utils import log_error
 
-from . import Descriptor, ListedFont, Score, Scorer
+from . import Descriptor, ListedFont, Score, Scorer, VariableData
 
 attr_map = {(False, False): 'font_family',
             (True, False): 'bold_font',
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ FontMap = Dict[str, Dict[str, List[CoreTextFont]]]
 
 def create_font_map(all_fonts: Iterable[CoreTextFont]) -> FontMap:
     ans: FontMap = {'family_map': {}, 'ps_map': {}, 'full_map': {}, 'variable_map': {}}
+    vmap: Dict[str, List[CoreTextFont]] = defaultdict(list)
     for x in all_fonts:
         f = (x['family'] or '').lower()
         s = (x['style'] or '').lower()
@@ -31,8 +35,19 @@ def create_font_map(all_fonts: Iterable[CoreTextFont]) -> FontMap:
         ans['family_map'].setdefault(f, []).append(x)
         ans['ps_map'].setdefault(ps, []).append(x)
         ans['full_map'].setdefault(f'{f} {s}', []).append(x)
-        if x['variable']:
+        if x['variation'] is not None:
-            ans['variable_map'].setdefault(f, []).append(x)
+            vmap[f].append(x)
+    # CoreText makes a separate descriptor for each named style in each
+    # variable font file. Keep only the default style descriptor, which has an
+    # empty variation dictionary. If no default exists, pick the one with the
+    # smallest variation dictionary size.
+    keyfunc = operator.itemgetter('path')
+    for k, v in vmap.items():
+        v.sort(key=keyfunc)
+        uniq_per_path = []
+        for _, g in itertools.groupby(v, keyfunc):
+            uniq_per_path.append(sorted(g, key=lambda x: len(x['variation'] or ()))[0])
+        ans['variable_map'][k] = uniq_per_path
     return ans
 
 
@@ -45,6 +60,10 @@ def is_monospace(descriptor: CoreTextFont) -> bool:
     return descriptor['monospace']
 
 
+def is_variable(descriptor: CoreTextFont) -> bool:
+    return descriptor['variation'] is not None
+
+
 def list_fonts() -> Generator[ListedFont, None, None]:
     for fd in coretext_all_fonts(False):
         f = fd['family']
@@ -53,14 +72,14 @@ def list_fonts() -> Generator[ListedFont, None, None]:
             if not fn:
                 fn = f'{f} {fd["style"]}'.strip()
             yield {'family': f, 'full_name': fn, 'postscript_name': fd['postscript_name'] or '', 'is_monospace': fd['monospace'],
-                   'is_variable': fd['variable'], 'descriptor': fd, 'style': fd['style']}
+                   'is_variable': is_variable(fd), 'descriptor': fd, 'style': fd['style']}
 
 
 def create_scorer(bold: bool = False, italic: bool = False, monospaced: bool = True, prefer_variable: bool = False) -> Scorer:
 
     def score(candidate: Descriptor) -> Score:
         assert candidate['descriptor_type'] == 'core_text'
-        variable_score = 0 if prefer_variable and candidate['variable'] else 1
+        variable_score = 0 if prefer_variable and candidate['variation'] is not None else 1
         style_match = 1 if candidate['bold'] == bold and candidate[
             'italic'
         ] == italic else 0
@@ -161,3 +180,26 @@ def prune_family_group(g: List[ListedFont]) -> List[ListedFont]:
             return True
         return False
     return [x for x in g if is_ok(descriptor(x))]
+
+
+def set_axis_values(tag_map: Dict[str, float], font: CoreTextFont, vd: VariableData) -> bool:
+    known_axes = {ax['tag'] for ax in vd['axes']}
+    previous = font.get('axis_map', {})
+    new = previous.copy()
+    for tag in known_axes:
+        val = tag_map.get(tag)
+        if val is not None:
+            new[tag] = val
+    font['axis_map'] = new
+    return new != previous
+
+
+def set_named_style(name: str, font: CoreTextFont, vd: VariableData) -> bool:
+    q = name.lower()
+    for i, ns in enumerate(vd['named_styles']):
+        if ns['psname'].lower() == q:
+            return set_axis_values(ns['axis_values'], font, vd)
+    for i, ns in enumerate(vd['named_styles']):
+        if ns['name'].lower() == q:
+            return set_axis_values(ns['axis_values'], font, vd)
+    return False

kitty/fonts/fontconfig.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from kitty.fast_data_types import (
 from kitty.fast_data_types import fc_match as fc_match_impl
 from kitty.typing import FontConfigPattern
 
-from . import Descriptor, ListedFont, Score, Scorer, family_name_to_key
+from . import Descriptor, ListedFont, Score, Scorer, VariableData, family_name_to_key
 
 FontCollectionMapType = Literal['family_map', 'ps_map', 'full_map', 'variable_map']
 FontMap = Dict[FontCollectionMapType, Dict[str, List[FontConfigPattern]]]
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ def is_monospace(descriptor: FontConfigPattern) -> bool:
     return descriptor['spacing'] in ('MONO', 'DUAL')
 
 
+def is_variable(descriptor: FontConfigPattern) -> bool:
+    return descriptor['variable']
+
+
 def list_fonts(only_variable: bool = False) -> Generator[ListedFont, None, None]:
     for fd in fc_list(only_variable=only_variable):
         f = fd.get('family')
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ def list_fonts(only_variable: bool = False) -> Generator[ListedFont, None, None]
                 fn = f'{f} {fd.get("style", "")}'.strip()
             yield {
                 'family': f, 'full_name': fn, 'postscript_name': str(fd.get('postscript_name', '')),
-                'is_monospace': is_monospace(fd), 'descriptor': fd, 'is_variable': fd.get('variable', False),
+                'is_monospace': is_monospace(fd), 'descriptor': fd, 'is_variable': is_variable(fd),
                 'style': fd['style'],
             }
 
@@ -161,3 +165,29 @@ def prune_family_group(g: List[ListedFont]) -> List[ListedFont]:
         return d['variable'] or d['path'] not in variable_paths
 
     return [x for x in g if is_ok(descriptor(x))]
+
+
+def set_named_style(name: str, font: FontConfigPattern, vd: VariableData) -> bool:
+    q = name.lower()
+    for i, ns in enumerate(vd['named_styles']):
+        if ns['psname'].lower() == q:
+            font['named_style'] = i
+            return True
+    for i, ns in enumerate(vd['named_styles']):
+        if ns['name'].lower() == q:
+            font['named_style'] = i
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def set_axis_values(tag_map: Dict[str, float], font: FontConfigPattern, vd: VariableData) -> bool:
+    axes = list(font.get('axes', ())) or [ax['default'] for ax in vd['axes']]
+    changed = False
+    for i, ax in enumerate(vd['axes']):
+        val = tag_map.get(ax['tag'])
+        if val is not None:
+            changed = True
+            axes[i] = val
+    if changed:
+        font['axes'] = tuple(axes)
+    return changed

kitty/freetype.c

@@ -288,15 +288,16 @@ face_from_descriptor(PyObject *descriptor, FONTS_DATA_HANDLE fg) {
             if ((error = FT_Set_Named_Instance(self->face, index + 1))) return set_load_error(path, error);
         }
         PyObject *axes = PyDict_GetItemString(descriptor, "axes");
-        if (axes && PyList_GET_SIZE(axes)) {
+        Py_ssize_t sz;
-            RAII_ALLOC(FT_Fixed, coords, malloc(sizeof(FT_Fixed) * PyList_GET_SIZE(axes)));
+        if (axes && (sz = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(axes))) {
-            for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < PyList_GET_SIZE(axes); i++) {
+            RAII_ALLOC(FT_Fixed, coords, malloc(sizeof(FT_Fixed) * sz));
-                PyObject *t = PyList_GET_ITEM(axes, i);
+            for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
+                PyObject *t = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(axes, i);
                 double val = PyFloat_AsDouble(t);
                 if (PyErr_Occurred()) return NULL;
                 coords[i] = (FT_Fixed)(val * 65536.0);
             }
-            if ((error = FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates(self->face, PyList_GET_SIZE(axes), coords))) return set_load_error(path, error);
+            if ((error = FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates(self->face, sz, coords))) return set_load_error(path, error);
         }
     }
     Py_XINCREF(retval);

kitty/options/utils.py

@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ def parse_font_spec(spec: str) -> FontSpec:
         k, sep, v = item.partition('=')
         if sep != '=':
             raise ValueError(f'The font specification: {spec} is not valid as {item} does not contain an =')
-        if k in ('family', 'style', 'full_name', 'postscript_name'):
+        if k in ('family', 'style', 'full_name', 'postscript_name', 'variable_name'):
             defined[k] = v
         else:
             try: