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In variable fonts, the axis usually refers to a single aspect of a typeface’s design that can be altered by the user.

Various weights of a typeface set along the top of a horizontal line. Beneath the line, on the far left, is a label of zero; on the right, 1000.

Common axes include italic, optical size, slant, weight, width, and these five are registered (defined) in the OpenType file format specification. However, any property of a typeface’s design can be mapped to an axis—the choice is up to the type designer. Using axes is possible in CSS via the font-variation-settings attribute.