--- title: The Exat Microsite: Pushing a Typography Showcase to New... description: Studio Size built the Exat microsite as a scroll-driven, interactive typography showcase for Hot Type's 21-style variable font inspired by Croatian modernism.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-exat-microsite-pushing-a-typography-showcase-to-new-creative-extremes-m12bja4fc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Exat Microsite: Pushing a Typography Showcase to New Creative Extremes | daily.dev og:description: Studio Size built the Exat microsite as a scroll-driven, interactive typography showcase for Hot Type's 21-style variable font inspired by Croatian modernism.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-exat-microsite-pushing-a-typography-showcase-to-new-creative-extremes-m12bja4fc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/m12BjA4FC.png og:image:alt: The Exat Microsite: Pushing a Typography Showcase to New Creative Extremes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Exat Microsite: Pushing a Typography Showcase to New Creative Extremes **[Codrops](https://daily.dev/sources/codrops)** · 6 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Studio Size built the Exat microsite as a scroll-driven, interactive typography showcase for Hot Type's 21-style variable font inspired by Croatian modernism. The case study details key design and technical decisions: a proximity-based glyph grid that shifts font weight and color based on cursor distance using Euclidean distance calculations, scroll-pinned panels for weight comparison, sine-wave motion tied to scroll speed, and real-time variable font morphing on hover. The tech stack includes GSAP with ScrollTrigger and SplitText, Lenis for smooth scrolling, and WordPress with ACF. Performance was treated as a design constraint, with off-screen animations paused and mobile interactions simplified. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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