Variable Font 40 times larger than 'static' fonts

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I'm using three font weights of a 'normal' 'static' typeface. Each weight is 16KB. I've been reading how Variable Fonts are super fast to load because it is only one file. But the Variable Font version of the same typeface is 640KB. x40 the size of individual weights. (I'm using Adobe Fonts). Why all the fuss about Variable Fonts being small file sizes and fast to download? Am I missing something?

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Peter Constable On

If you are using only one style from a font family, the static font will always be smaller than a variable font. But if you are using multiple styles from a font family, the variable font will start providing size savings. The amount of savings would depend on how many styles from the family you want to use. If you were using five styles from the family, you'd probably find that the variable font is perhaps 70% or more smaller than the combined sizes of the static fonts.